General Romeo Brawner Jr. (fourth from right), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, receives the 4th Metrobank Foundation Award for Partner in Empowerment, Advocacy, and Commitment to Excellence (PEACE) given by the Metrobank Foundation Inc. to the AFP during its 45th founding...
IPC President, Tetsuya Fujita, with the Overland ready Isuzu mu-X and D-Max. Isuzu took the spotlight at this year’s Overland Kings CampOut held from February 9-11 at Crystal Beach, Zambales. Drawing in more than 100 outdoor enthusiasts, the event underscored the blossoming culture of overlanding...
An Executive Order (EO) mandating state-run National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) to build transmission facilities to underpin the wheeling of generated capacities from renewable energy (RE) facilities will be issued soon by President Marcos. In an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the...
Power system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will be leasing its fiber optics and other broadband-related infrastructure to the government to help concretize the wish of many Filipinos for high-speed internet connectivity. With an accelerated pace of rollout for the...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has cautioned his colleagues against proceeding with future hearings on Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 without any clear set of guidelines stipulated in the Senate rules. During the Senate’s plenary session on Wednesday, February 28, Escudero pointed...
The Senate adopted a concurrent resolution on Wednesday, Feb. 28, granting consent to former defense chief Delfin Lorenzana to accept an award from the United States government. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, who introduced Concurrent Resolution No. 10, said the United States Embassy in...
The websites of the University of the Philippines (UP) led the list of all the university websites in the Philippines, with UP Diliman's website at the top spot, based on the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities published by the Cybermetrics Lab of Spain. Screengrab of the rankings from...
Apart from being the Love Month, February in the Philippines is also observed as the National Arts Month. It is a time when arts in different forms are celebrated through a myriad of exhibits, displays, and shows, with the mission of bringing arts closer to the people. But the theme goes beyond the...
The Senate on Tuesday, February 27 unanimously adopted Senate Resolution No. 929 honoring the global contributions of South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-Moon, the 8 th secretary general of the United Nations General Assembly. President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri, together with the other...
Steer clear of gimmickry in choosing and implementing projects for your municipalities, President Marcos told municipal leaders in the country. Speaking at the 2024 general assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, Marcos expressed his two cents on public service, urging leaders...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay has accepted the apology Senator Robinhood Padilla has extended to her office and the Senate. Binay, in her letter to Padilla, confirmed she has already received his letter of apology, which he sent yesterday, Monday, February 26. Padilla has...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied that Hannah Jay Cesista, a Bar passer who died in an encounter by state security forces with New People’s Army (NPA) in Bohol, was tortured and killed. Col. Francel Margareth Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said that claims on the circumstances of the...
