President Marcos has directed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to study the construction of additional containment structures for watersheds in the Sierra Madre to help reduce flooding and limit environmental damage. Marcos said this as he led the inspection of the...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Monday said no senator is involved with any of the 15 contractors flagged in the P545-billion flood control program, following President Marcos ' disclosure that the firms got 20 percent of the projects. “I can only speak for this House, not the...
Faced with the growing threat of destructive flooding in Metro Manila, President Marcos inspected the P57.7-billion Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP) Phase IV in Marikina City on Monday, Aug. 11. The President visited the construction site at the Marikina Bridge Under Loop...
President Marcos insisted he was just stating facts when he talked about getting Filipinos out from Taiwan if conflict ensues, saying he was perplexed that China took it as him playing with fire. "I don’t know what they are talking about. Playing with fire? I was just stating facts. We do not...
JERUSALEM, Israel—The Philippines ' recent vote in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) favoring a ceasefire in Gaza and President Marcos ' call for the entry of humanitarian assistance into the strip are only among the results of Israel 's continued war on Hamas, an Israeli official...
President Marcos has found "disturbing" statistics in the overall flood control projects in the country, including the distribution of 20 percent of projects nationwide to only 15 contractors. Marcos held a press conference on Monday morning, Aug.11, to reveal several key points of the ongoing...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in three municipalities and one city in Catanduanes, Zamboanga del Sur, Rizal, and Quezon Province this month. Through Proclamation No. 983, Marcos declared Aug. 15 as a special non-working day in the municipality of Viga in Catanduanes for...
President Marcos has signed a law declaring the Paoay Lake area in Ilocos Norte as protected landscape for better management and appropriate funding. Marcos made the declaration by signing Republic Act 12230 on Aug. 4. According to the law, the declaration of the Paoay Lake Protected Landscape...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has vowed to extend support to Filipino families in India whose children are undergoing life-saving medical procedures unavailable in the Philippines. The First Lady said this as she visited pediatric Filipino liver transplant patients at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi...
The Philippines and Southeast Asia may attract foreign investments avoiding China and India if the United States (US) pushes through with its threat of higher tariffs on Indian goods, according to the think tank Capital Economics. “[US] President [Donald] Trump’s threat to impose an additional...
President Marcos said the Philippines will work closely with India on artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and other digital technologies under the two countries’ new strategic partnership. Speaking to Manila-based reporters in Bangalore during his five-day state visit, Marcos described...
President Marcos has called on China to give earlier warnings before launching rockets that pass near Philippine waters, following the recent launch of a Chinese rocket whose debris was projected to fall close to Palawan. Speaking to Manila-based reporters during a media briefing in Bangalore,...
