TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim By the time this column gets off the block, Filipinos would already have an idea as to who its next leader will be. Campaign colors would not matter anymore because the nation would already have spoken. It is now time for every Filipino to accept the will of the majority...
Less than two months before President Duterte steps down from office, Malacañang formed a transition committee to ensure the smooth transfer of power to the next president, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar revealed. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File photo/Malacañang) Andanar...
The next head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will only serve in an officer-in-charge (OIC) capacity, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Incumbent PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos is set to retire on May 8 and Año said he had already...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga--In what can be described as her most explicit endorsement yet, former President and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo introduced Bongbong Marcos to the huge crowd here as "the next president of the Republic of the Philippines". Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Vince Pornelos Seventeen days. That's all the time we have left to decide how the country will be run for the next six years. Some are voting based on colors. Some are voting based on experience. Some are voting based on last name recall. Whatever your reasons for voting, that's...
It will be up to the next Congress to set guidelines regulating the multi-billion peso ‘e-sabong’ (online cockfighting) operations, Senator Francis Tolentino on Wednesday, April 20 said. This would-be measure would make it clear which government agency would supervise and set the rules on...
Reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros hopes that remote work setup will gain support from the next administration in a bid to open up opportunities for women and the youth. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Photo courtesy of Hontiveros Office) Speaking at the Asia CEO Forum 2022 recently held in Pasay City,...
House Committee on Ways and Means chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says the 2020s could become the best decade ever for the Philippines in terms of foreign direct investment (FDIs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) This, after it was reported Monday, March 21 that President...
As he nears the last quarter of his six-year term, President Duterte said that his successor should be a lawyer who is compassionate, decisive, and a good judge of character. President Rodrigo Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) In an interview with his friend Pastor Apollo Quiboloy,...
President Duterte's successor should take a multilateral approach in resolving maritime disputes involving the Philippines, former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said. West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) During a foreign policy forum organized by Stratbase ADR Institute,...
With a little over two months left before the May 9, 2022 national and local elections, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has again expressed hopes that the next leaders of the country would continue supporting the programs initiated by the Duterte Administration to secure a more comfortable life...
Instead of tying the hands of the next administration with a major policy shift, the government should fast-track the implementation and distribution of the P2.5-billion allocation for financial subsidy and fuel vouchers to qualified utility vehicles rather than tinker with provisions of the Oil...
