President Marcos has approved the proposed P6.352-trillion national expenditure program (NEP) for 2025, Malacañang announced. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over the 17th Cabinet meeting at the Malacañan Palace on July 2, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PPA/KJ Rosales) Marcos said...
Citing the need to upgrade the country’s digital connectivity, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) board led by President Marcos has approved some P16.1 billion allocation for the Philippine Digital Infrastructure Project (PDIP). File photo According to the NEDA website, the...
Gilas big man Mason Amos is leaving Ateneo after only one season, and is reportedly set to transfer to De La Salle. Mason Amos (FIBA) Amos, who answered to his second Gilas Pilipinas call-up and is currently in Latvia with the Nationals for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament,...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested an alleged assistant secretary of the Presidential Management Staff and his six suspected cohorts for reportedly peddling appointments and promotions in government. NBI Director Jaime B. Santiago identified the alleged assistant...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas described the newly approved P35 minimum wage increase in the National Capital Region (NCR) as an “insult”, and said that it failed to...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has shut down an online sex trafficking operation of Chinese and Russian organized crime groups (OCG) that led to the arrest of seven persons, including a Chinese national, and the rescue of seven teen-aged Filipinas and four adult foreign women. NBI...
Filipinos needing government financial assistance may soon be required to possess a national ID to be eligible for and receive aid. In a joint meeting last Friday, June 28, the Economic Development Group (EDG) and the Inter-Agency Committee on Inflation and Market Outlook (IAC-IMO) disclosed...
Families were encouraged to create emergency plans for climate-related risks and stayed informed about climate change impacts. The Climate Change Commission (CCC) made the call as it underscored the critical role of climate resilience in safeguarding the Philippines from the escalating impacts of...
(From left to right) President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., NUP chairman Ronaldo Puno, and NUP president Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte’s Facebook page) National Unity Party (NUP) president and Camarines...
Philippine National Police (PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil ordered an intensified campaign against cybercrimes as he committed to allocate more resources and enhance capabilities to combat the growing threat of cyber-related offenses. Marbil issued the directive as cybercrime cases...
Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), warned all policemen against moonlighting as bodyguards or security escorts of rich and famous individuals. Marbil emphasized that the loyalty to service of policemen should be dedicated to the Filipinos and not to those...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will not seek confidential funds under the 2025 national budget, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday, June 29. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her message during the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) Pasidungog held in Cebu City on...
