Despite the multi-trillion peso borrowings amid the prolonged-pandemic, the Philippine government’s risk of falling into a debt crisis remains low, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said. According to the regional think tank, the likelihood of the government falling into debt...
POLICE Brig. Gen. Constancio T. Chinayog Jr. is accorded foyer honors by Zamboanga City police acting director Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo and the Zamboanga City police in line with validation activities for the country’s Best Police Office. (Zamboanga City Police Office photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) conducted a simulation exercise to test the skills of an emergency response team in an upscale mall at IT Park in Barangay Lahug here Thursday, July 21. The ERT had to contend with a fire that broke out in the mall resulting into a commotion. The ERT...
DAVAO CITY – Instead of a graver offense for murder, the Office of the City Prosecutor has found probable cause for the filing of homicide charges against Dr. Marvin Rey Andrew R. Pepino, suspect in the brutal shooting of a 19-year-old Grade 9 student Amierkhan Mangacop last July 2 at a bar in...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said the Marcos administration needs to expedite the pace of fiscal consolidation given the national government’s tight buffer to absorb future shocks. In AMRO’s Annual Consultation Report released on Wednesday, July 20, the think tank raised...
A solo bettor from Las Piñas City won the grand prize for Mega Lotto 6/45 worth P53,920,694.20 on July 18 evening draw as per the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). PCSO / MANILA BULLETIN The lucky combination was 06-17-40-45-39-13. According to the summary of winners posted on PCSO's...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Last week, I experienced a déjà vu and did a quick walk down memory lane upon reading President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s Executive Order Nos. 1 and 2 reorganizing the Office of the President. In December 1990, I found myself working in the Office of the President when Oscar...
The Bulacan Provincial Police Office (BPPO), in its continuing campaign against the province's most wanted persons (MWP), arrested around 70 felons on Tuesday, July 12. Col. Charlie A. Cabradilla, acting Bulacan police director, said 16 wanted felons; 32 drug suspects, and 22 illegal gamblers were...
THE mother of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop wipes her tears as she appeals for justice for her son who shot dead in a bar altercation in Davao City last week. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – The 19-year-old student allegedly shot dead by a doctor of the Police Regional Office-Davao Region in a bar...
Nine new government appointees were sworn in by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday. President Marcos FB page Cesar Chavez took his oath as the new undersecretary of the Department of Transportation. Maj. Gen. Delfin Lorenzana, the Defense chief under the previous administration,...
Nobody got the winning combination for the Grand Lotto 6/55 on the 9 p.m. draw on Wednesday, July 6. (PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE) As posted on the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)'s official Facebook account, the jackpot prize of P367,534,100.00 is still elusive to its...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has issued a memorandum reorganizing and renaming the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and its attached agencies to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (MARK BALMORES) Executive Secretary...