The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) are considering taking over power supply operations on Siquijor Island due to persistent outages. During the Post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) briefing on Wednesday, July 30, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin and...
To bolster water security in Iloilo City and its neighboring municipalities, the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has partnered with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to explore utilizing the Jalaur River as an additional water source. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will expand the government’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program to include farmers of the staple beginning next month, expanding access to cheaper rice for one of the country’s poorest sectors. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said the government will...
Change doesn’t always come loud, but when it does come, you feel it. Under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 's leadership, we’re beginning to see what Bagong Pilipinas really means for ordinary Filipinos. Cheaper rice in Kadiwa stores is helping families stretch their budgets a little...
President Marcos’ fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa Complex on Monday, July 28, received 124 rounds of applause and two standing ovations, when he declared war against those who profited from the failed flood control projects in the country. This was comparable...
President Marcos has warned Congress that he will reject the proposed 2026 national budget if it deviates from the government’s national expenditure program (NEP), even at the risk of operating under a reenacted budget. Marcos said this following a scathing critique of corruption and...
The Lucio Tan (LT) Group’s Philippine National Bank (PNB) reported a 22-percent growth in consolidated net income to ₱12.5 billion for the first half of 2025, on the back of sustained improvements in core revenues consisting of net interest income and net service fees and commissions. In a...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, July 27 said he is confident there are still other venues where senators can inquire about the evidence in the impeachment case filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. One such forum to take up the controversy surrounding Duterte’s use of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – More than 100 students in Isabela City, Basilan province were taken to various hospitals on Thursday, July 24, due to heat exhaustion. A report from the Isabela City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said students of the Basilan National High School were holding their...
For 18 years, Yvette Marie Punzalan, founder of a Davao-based bag brand, has been participating in trade shows. Her label, Yvette’s Bags and Beads Collection, produces bags made of locally sourced materials such as nito and rattan, woven together by female persons deprived of liberty. Despite the...
Pag-IBIG Fund has offered a one-month moratorium on housing loan payments to assist members affected by Severe Tropical Storms Crising, Dante, Emong and the Southwest Monsoon, as part of its continuing response to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s call to deliver swift and responsive relief to...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed criminal charges against the employees, officers, and owners of Creditable Lending Corp., the operator of online lending application Easypeso, for engaging in abusive collection practices. Through an inquest proceeding on July 17, the SEC,...
