ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority has issued a national ID to a 110-year-old woman from Iloilo province and she may be the oldest in the country to have received the card. Jovita Aranga from San Rafael town in northern Iloilo successfully registered for a national ID during the...
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) formally assumed ownership and operation of the 69-kilovolt transmission line in Aklan province, moving to stabilize a power link that has been plagued by outages and technical decay. In a statement on Friday, Dec. 19, NGCP said the grid operator...
The Lucio Tan Group’s (LTG) lender, Philippine National Bank (PNB), has entered into a strategic partnership with Discovery Capital Finance Corp. (DCFC) through the signing of a loan facility agreement to boost financial support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The new loan facility...
Despite the limited time, Malacañang said President Marcos will thoroughly review the 2026 national budget. The Executive Branch will not sleep on it, nor will it have holidays if it means they could scrutinize the budget before approving it, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary...
Malacañang has clapped back at Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte after claiming that the budget for Assistance to Individuals in Crisis (AICS) is being used as a political weapon by the allies of President Marcos. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro hit...
The Supreme Court (SC) has nullified a Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution that ordered the filing of an overspending case before the court against a mayoralty candidate in Loboc, Bohol in the 2010 elections. In a decision written by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, the SC ruled that...
The Filipino-Indian Commerce and Welfare Society, Inc. (FICWSI) has extended medical support to Baby Aviannalyn, a Filipino child who was born with a serious heart defect. Manjinder James Kumar, founder and president of FICWSI, said the baby and her mother left the Philippines last Oct. 31 and...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte raised concerns over the inclusion of new discretionary funds in the proposed national budget, citing the lack of accountability over what he described as nearly P1-trillion worth of unresolved corruption. His remarks on Wednesday, Dec....
Vision screening is now mandatory for kindergarten learners nationwide as the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, December 17, rolled out its new National Vision Screening Program (NVSP)—a preventive health initiative aimed at detecting eye problems early and preventing them from...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, December 17 dismissed claims made by Rep. Antonio Tinio alleging the inclusion of a P17.9-billion pork barrel fund for the Senate in the 2026 national budget saying it is just mere “lazy work” or a malicious attempt to...
The bicameral conference committee late Tuesday night, Dec. 17, approved the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed P889-million budget for 2026. "The Senate proposes the National Expenditure Program (NEP) level of P889 million," Senate Finance Committee Chairperson Senator Sherwin...
While Malacañang agreed that the proposal of Senator Panfilo Lacson to opt with reenacted budget rather than a graft-ridden one was a good suggestion, President Marcos remains confident that there is still ample time to pass the proposed 2026 national budget. "Maganda po ang suhestiyon ni Senator...
