Seasoned diplomat Enrique Manalo has been appointed as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) chief under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Manalo replaced DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. after being sworn in by Marcos Jr. on Friday, a Facebook post from Philippine...
CALAUAN, Laguna – A barangay secretary from San Pablo City, Laguna was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mabacan here Wednesday, June 29. Calauan police identified the suspect as Rosalinda Resurreccion, 52, barangay secretary of Barangay VI-A, San Pablo City. The Drug Enforcement...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Former Camarines Sur Rep. and Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. was found dead in his bedroom in his house in Naga City, Thursday, June 30. Police said that the body of Andaya was discovered by his personal assistant, John Mark Patrick L. Señar, with a bullet wound to the...
SEN. Cynthia A. Villar speaks after inducting newly elected officials in Barotac Nuveo, Iloilo Tuesday, June 28. (Courtesy of Sen. Cynthia A. Villar’s office) ILOILO CITY – For Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as incoming Agriculture Secretary is meant...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade met with incoming Secretary Jaime Bautista on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at the DOTr Clark Offices in Clark, Pampanga to discuss the agency's ongoing projects and accomplishments in the past six years under the administration of President Rodrigo...
Outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. paid tribute to the millions of Filipino migrant workers for their crucial contributions to their families and to the country during the International Day of Family Remittances on Tuesday, June 28. Overseas Filipino workers (Photo by Ariel...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Monday, June 27 called on Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to look into the concern of farmers and farm workers regarding the reported consequences and adverse effects of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) or Republic Act No. 11203 before he...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion While many overseas Filipinos or OFWs are hopeful that their general welfare will be significantly improved and uplifted by the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), some prominent OFW rights advocates are skeptical. Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is among them....
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) expressed hope that its next secretary as well as the Marcos administration will stick to "science" in implementing the different policies regarding public health. Among the challenges that the DOH is facing is the spread of “misinformation and...
Silvestre Bello III (Facebook) Only a few days away from the “passing of the baton” of our incumbent President Duterte to the country’s newly elected President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. With the other government secretaries who are co-terminus with the country’s highest post,...
President Duterte has ordered the termination of oil and gas discussions with China in the West Philippine Sea, outgoing Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed. West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) "The President had spoken. I carried out his instructions to the letter: oil and...
The Philippines was able to hold on to its 2016 arbitral win and had not surrendered a "single inch or a drop" of its territory in the West Philippine Sea over the years, the outgoing Foreign Affairs chief said. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) In his remark at the...
