As Filipinos face rising food prices and reports of crop shortages and smuggling, the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) unveiled its efforts to ensure food and nutrition security for every Filipino. Photo from DOST Dr. Leslie Michelle...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay on Tuesday, January 16 said she is confident that the Senate can extensively review and hold public hearings on the various proposals to amend the economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Nancy Binay (Senate PRIB Photo) Binay said the...
Senators on Tuesday, January 16 expressed their support to Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri for leading the filing a Senate resolution that seeks to pursue amendments to the 1987 Constitution, but only limited to revisions in its economic provisions. Senate President Juan Miguel...
K-pop boy band Seventeen made their return to the Philippines and held their two-day concert with massive success. Seventeen held their concert tour “Follow to Bulacan” on Jan. 13 and 14 at the Philippine Sports Stadium, which was jam-packed with more than 30,000 fans in...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Power, this city’s power distribution utility, warned that prolonged power interruptions following the New Year blackout that affected Panay Island can happen again if the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) fails to finish a key facility in Iloilo. Roel Castro,...
The Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC) will convene to review and decide on the various proposals seeking to amend or revoke the franchise of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Senator Raffy Tulfo said. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy,...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has asserted that the failure of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to expand and upgrade the country’s power grid is “reason enough for the Congress to consider recasting, if not revoking, its franchise”. In a statement on...
ARE YOU A WITCH? T.H Matteson’s Examination of a Witch depicts a woman accused of witchcraft being shamelessly stripped and searched for marks of the devil during a witch trial In the early days of colonial Massachusetts, the small town of Salem found itself falling under the dangers of religious...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has underscored the need for the creation of a Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control following the declaration of a gastroenteritis outbreak in Baguio City. Gatchalian is a co-author of the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)...
The Bankers Association of the Philippines welcomed the appointment of Rep. Ralph Recto as Secretary of the Department of Finance while thanking former Finance chief Benjamin Diokno for his years of government service. In a statement, BAP said “Secretary Recto is equipped with the necessary...
Former senator and current House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto is “unquestionably” the perfect choice as the new Department of Finance (DOF) secretary and a welcome addition to the Marcos administration’s economic team. “As the Marcos administration works towards reviving our economy...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said tougher penalties should be imposed against industry players who would be found guilty of mismanaging their power services that eventually affect day-to-day businesses and hurt the economy. Gatchalian pointed out that the maximum penalty of P50-million...
