President Marcos is pushing for more positive and nurturing programs for children as he encouraged Anak TV to continue advocating for wise media consumption and encouraging its consumers to produce relevant content. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (file photo) Marcos said this in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured on Thursday, Dec. 7 that the agency follows the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, which calls for rice cash subsidies rather than actual bags of rice. DSWD Spokesperson and...
As a "Christmas gift" to all Filipino children and future generations, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Dec. 6, led the simultaneous conduct of a nationwide tree-planting activity. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) Dubbed “236,000 Trees – A Christmas Gift for the Children,” the...
“Energy security’ is a crescendo that has not come yet for the Philippines despite the years of restructuring and rumbling changes in the power industry – and it was also hardly a stuff for reasoned policy analysis through the years. That then places the country in a catchup mode - not just...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is promoting southern Iloilo after it launched the Philippine Experience Program (PEP) for Western Visayas in the province on Thursday, November 30. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco led visitors on Thursday as PEP went to Iloilo after the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) launched on Wednesday, November 29, the Philippine Experience Program (PEP) for Western Visayas in Silay City, Negros Occidental. DEPARTMENT of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (second from left) and guests pose with the steam...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not declare a ceasefire with rebel and insurgent groups despite the grant of amnesty to them by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This was the clarification made by AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as he said the...
A farmer lies dead after being shot by suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte on Nov. 23, 2023. The victim, 48-year-old Ricardo Quijano, allegedly refused to give food supplies to suspected communist rebels. (Photo by 97th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) The...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go lauded the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to grant amnesty to former rebels saying it is “a path to peace” and a call for sincerity on the side of both the government and the insurgents. “I laud President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., for granting...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has vowed to look into the concerns of transport groups that struggling to comply with the government’s proposed modernization program. Cayetano, during a press conference on November 25 in Baguio City, said he is ready to look into the plight of the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has expressed support to the decision of President Marcos to grant amnesty to former rebels and insurgents, including the former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and Muslim secessionist groups. In a statement, PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) will be accelerating household electrification at various provinces straddling the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) through collaborative tie-ups with development-partners like the Spanish Embassy and the European...