An estimated 2,000 jeepney operators and drivers in Pasig City will join the transport strike to be staged by the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) on Dec. 14 to 15 in protest of the Dec. 31 deadline for the public utility vehicle (PUV) consolidation given to...
A bill seeking to develop the country’s defense industry and enhance its locally produced advanced weaponry and equipment for the armed forces has been approved by the Senate on third and final reading. Voting 20-0-0, the chamber passed Senate Bill No. 2455 (SBN 2455), also known as the...
President Marcos announced that the deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicles (PUV) operators will not be extended. Marcos said the government has decided not to extend the deadline of consolidation as 70 percent of all operators in the country have complied with the requirements to...
Over 1.8 million trees were planted by schools under the Department of Education (DepEd) under its Christmas gift-giving initiative. (Photo from DepEd) This was announced by Vice President and DepEd Secretary on Monday, Dec. 11, during the flag raising at the Central Office Pasig City....
President Marcos is pushing for more positive and nurturing programs for children as he encouraged Anak TV to continue advocating for wise media consumption and encouraging its consumers to produce relevant content. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (file photo) Marcos said this in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured on Thursday, Dec. 7 that the agency follows the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, which calls for rice cash subsidies rather than actual bags of rice. DSWD Spokesperson and...
As a "Christmas gift" to all Filipino children and future generations, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Dec. 6, led the simultaneous conduct of a nationwide tree-planting activity. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) Dubbed “236,000 Trees – A Christmas Gift for the Children,” the...
“Energy security’ is a crescendo that has not come yet for the Philippines despite the years of restructuring and rumbling changes in the power industry – and it was also hardly a stuff for reasoned policy analysis through the years. That then places the country in a catchup mode - not just...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is promoting southern Iloilo after it launched the Philippine Experience Program (PEP) for Western Visayas in the province on Thursday, November 30. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco led visitors on Thursday as PEP went to Iloilo after the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) launched on Wednesday, November 29, the Philippine Experience Program (PEP) for Western Visayas in Silay City, Negros Occidental. DEPARTMENT of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (second from left) and guests pose with the steam...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not declare a ceasefire with rebel and insurgent groups despite the grant of amnesty to them by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This was the clarification made by AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as he said the...
A farmer lies dead after being shot by suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte on Nov. 23, 2023. The victim, 48-year-old Ricardo Quijano, allegedly refused to give food supplies to suspected communist rebels. (Photo by 97th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) The...
