House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) With just three days of plenary sessions left before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session, the House of Representatives bared on Thursday, May 25 that it has already given final approval to 31 out of the 42 priority bills...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed former Ang Probinsyano Party-list Rep. Ronnie Ong as the new chairman of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Newly appointed Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) chairman Ronnie Ong (right) takes his oath of office...
As access to health facilities and doctors become more inaccessible to Filipinos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos hopes to address this deep-rooted problem through the mobilization of her “Lab For All Konsulta Caravan” program. (Photo from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos' Facebook page) This...
Malacañang bared that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will grant the Philippines up to $4 billion to support the country’s socio-economic agenda and other infrastructure development programs for 2023 alone. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured Filipinos that the government is constantly undertaking measures to promote safe cyberspace amid the country's efforts for digital transformation....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tasked the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to enable local government units (LGUs) to adapt to the e-government system as part of the government's digitalization initiative....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has committed to continue rebuilding Marawi and help displaced individuals due to the 2017 siege. "We continue to rebuild Marawi in the aftermath of the siege that took place on May 23, 2017," Marcos said in a Facebook post on Tuesday night, May 23. He...
The proposed national food stamp program has received close to $3 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the program's six-month pilot implementation, a Cabinet member said. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian (Photo courtesy of PCO) "[T]he ADB was...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. "An unequivocal vote of confidence" in the Marcos administration's socioeconomic agenda. That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described Fitch Ratings’ revision of its credit outlook for the Philippines’...
A new set of government officials were appointed by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in various agencies. Marcos designated new officials in the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Transportation (DOTr), Office...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed journalist and two-time National Book Award recipient Jose Torres Jr. as the new director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). (Photo courtesy of PCO and PIA) Torres will replace resigned PIA chief Mon Cualoping, whose...
The government is eyeing to establish national food stamp program through an Official Development Assistance (ODA) financing of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday, May 22. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
