BUTUAN CITY – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte is set to emphasize the Department of Education’s (DepEd) commitment to supporting teachers in the Matatag Agenda and enumerate some plans of the agency to improve their welfare during the culminating program of National...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has called on the Senate to look into the various complaints raised by Muslim Filipinos against the National Council on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF). Angara, who filed Senate Resolution No. 768, said the Upper Chamber should look into the reports of subpar...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Hundreds of public and private school teachers gathered at the Tetuan Coliseum here on Monday, October 2, for the culminating program of National Teachers’ Month. The program was also held in line with the celebration of World Teachers’ Day on October 5. HUNDREDS of...
The recurrence of gas supply restriction from the Malampaya field has triggered another round of shutdown for the 414-megawatt San Gabriel power plant of First Gen Corporation, according to sources from the company. The gas being fed to the San Gabriel power plant of the Lopez group is drawn from...
President Marcos directed government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to support senior citizen activities during the annual celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week. Through Memorandum Circular No. 34 dated Sept. 29 and signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Marcos ordered the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will send 25 of its personnel to South Sudan as part of the peacekeeping commitment by the national government to the United Nations (UN). PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the 25 policemen were already trained and briefed on their assignment as part of...
Back to the good old days. The use of service firearms will now be the last option for policemen in dealing with law offenders after the Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a directive which paved the way to the return of whistle and baton as part of their uniform. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin...
The government received about $32.40 billion in concessional loans and grants last year, with most of the funds allocated to infrastructure projects, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported. Based on NEDA's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Portfolio Review 2022 report ,...
BACOLOD CITY – Four policemen in this city are being investigated for their alleged involvement in a P15-million Philippine National Police recruitment scam in La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, in a media interview, said that these policemen...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on Monday, Oct. 2 kicked off the month-long celebration of Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month 2023. Photo credit to NCIP “The month-long observance is an avenue to promote reconciliation and understanding between our IP brothers and sisters and...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman continues to lecture former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Adolf Azcuna about what Congress can and cannot do to the proposed national budget. Lagman,...
Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas was designated as the acting regional director of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 4A in the latest reshuffle that also affected three other senior officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Lucas replaced Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces as the...
