During challenging times, public servants must step forward and lead the nation towards change. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a situation briefing on the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine at the Kalayaan Hall, Malacañang Palace on October 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PCO)...
Aside from economic provisions, Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Secretary Larry Gadon wants Congress to also review the possible amendments in the Constitution’s political provisions, particularly with regard to extending the term of local executives from three to six years....
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 21, warned local chief executives not to hire public school teachers based on favors and patronage, where one gets hired based on political and family ties. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the 2023 General Assembly of the...
An inter-agency project “worth emulating” was how Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers described Governor Gwendolyn Garcia’s initiative to put up anti-illegal drugs offices in Cebu’s 22 major seaports. (From left) Surigao del Norte Rep.Robert Ace Barbers and Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia...
The distribution of financial assistance in the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus showed that the local chief executives and the local government units (LGUs) can be trusted with the delivery of government’s aid to vulnerable sectors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
