Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, March 31 said she sees nothing irregular with former president Rodrigo Duterte entering a “gentleman’s agreement” with Chinese Xi Jinping supposedly to maintain the status quo in the West Philippine Sea when he was in office. The sister of President...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 453 houses in 23 rural communities in nine towns in Antique province now have electricity via the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) of the National Electrification Administration (NEA). MORE than 400 rural homes in Antique now have electricity through the Sitio...
Washington has granted Manila an additional raw sugar allocation that may enter the United States, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced. In a statement, the USTR said it granted the Philippines 25,300 metric tons of additional sugar exports under the World Trade...
The weakening El Niño phenomenon continues to heighten the risk of dry spells and droughts, as seen in today's scorching afternoon heat and water shortages. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippines has been...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The National Irrigation Administration reported on Wednesday, March 6, that 479.15 hectares of rice farms in Bicol region have been affected by the dry spell due to the El Niño phenomenon. RICE farms in Polangui, Albay are starting to dry up due to the El...
United States (US) Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) highlighted how climate change continues to alter Earth's weather patterns, with findings showing that landslides in wetter and drier regions show similar sensitivity to precipitation extremes. In the study...
The Senate on Monday, March 4 adopted three concurrent resolutions favoring President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s grant of amnesty to various rebel and insurgent groups in the country. The Senate’s concurrence happened less than three months after the President signed the presidential...
STI Holdings, owner of the largest network of private schools in the Philippines, said it has decided to acquire the Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) in both Quezon City and Manila as a strategic move aimed at bolstering business and entrepreneurship education in the country....
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, March 3 said it is high-time President Marcos leads the government in rationalizing all cash assistance programs for the poor and the marginalized to minimize corruption and remove partisan politics from it. Considering that...
The Marcos administration registered a reduction in the budget deficit last year, with revenues growing significantly faster than expenditures, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. In 2023, the national government's fiscal deficit stood at P1.512 trillion, a 6.3 percent decrease from the...
STI Education Systems Holdings Inc. is acquiring Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) in Manila and Quezon cities for a yet undisclosed amount. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), STI aid its board of directors has ratified the execution of a Term Sheet with...
President Marcos has appointed lawyer Jose Moises Salonga as the new administrator of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), which promotes and oversees the development of water supply systems in provincial cities and municipalities. LWUA website Marcos appointed Salonga to the post on...
