Senators have expressed dismay and concern over the widespread power outage that hit Panay Island, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo as well as Iloilo City, the regional capital of Western Visayas on Jan. 2. Ilonggo Residents leave their houses to seek refuge from a humid night on the second...
President Marcos declared Jan. 9 as a special non-working day in the city of Manila for the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene. Through Proclamation No. 434, Marcos made the declaration on Thursday, Jan. 4. “It is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Manila be given...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) reported that around P10.41 billion worth of illegal drugs were confiscated, and more than 27,000 barangays were cleared of narcotics under President Marcos' drug war in 2023. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Citing a...
President Marcos has reaffirmed the Philippines commitment to strengthen its relations with Vietnam and Timor-Leste. Vietnam’s Ambassador to the Philippines Lai Thai Binh and Timor-Leste Ambassador Marciano Octavio Garcia Da Silva (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos expressed the...
OF TREES AND FOREST It’s the early days of 2024 and I just want to greet my readers and the entire nation a Happy and Prosperous New Year! I hope everyone celebrated the start of a new year in the warm embrace of loved ones. The holidays are celebrated simply or grandly - with family and...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko expressed gratitude to President Marcos who stood by Japan after it was rocked by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year’s Day. This image shows a collapsed road near the city of Shika, Ishikawa prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024, a day...
Increased cost, more stringent requirements, and riskier disapprovals are awaiting the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) if the Philippines is blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global anti-money laundering task force, the country’s Anti-Money Laundering...
The Philippines maintains its high-level political commitment in addressing the deficiencies to finally exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/ Yummie Dingding) Marcos made the statement as...
Filipinos in Japan were "unharmed" in the massive earthquake that struck the country on New Year's Day, President Marcos bared. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Yummie Dingding) Marcos disclosed this as he conveyed sympathy to Japan, offering the Philippines' help on...
The government’s aid and assistance programs are not meant to make Filipinos dependent on them, but are implemented to enable the impoverished “to graduate from poverty,” President Marcos said in his New Year message to Filipinos. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong Marcos Jr. delivers his New...
President Marcos promised that his administration will “build better and more” as the Philippines usher in the new year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. delivers his New Year's message to Filipinos in a video posted on his Facebook page. In his videotaped New Year’s...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte wants nothing more than for the Philippines to sustain its post-pandemic momentum under the Marcos...