The Department of Health’s (DOH) proposed P311.3-billion budget for 2024 should be increased to ensure that medical services would be easily accessible to all Filipinos. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, said next year’s budget of the DOH should...
More policemen and soldiers will be deployed in areas which will be assessed to be sites for potential poll-related violence for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Oct. 30, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. So far, around 246 areas were already classified as under red...
ILIGAN CITY – The Tomas Cabili National High School topped the Kasadya street-dancing competition here on Wednesday, September 27. Thousands witnessed the annual competition in line with the feast of patron saint Michael the Archangel. Twelve contingents representing different schools danced all...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) and US digital communications firm Cisco have cemented a tie-up for digital tool application that will aid the Marcos administration’s goal of pursuing 100% electrification of all households nationwide. The partnership, which is...
Seven persons have been arrested in Dagupan City for reportedly duping a buyer who paid P2.8 million for a piece of land with "fake title." In a statement issued on Friday, Sept. 29, the NBI identified the suspected scammers as Corazon Langit Idio-Villedo -- who posed as Lourdes V. Tan, the owner...
More than P74 million worth of alleged counterfeit cellular telephone accessories have been seized in Quiapo, Manila by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). In a statement issued on Friday, Sept 29, the NBI said: “The implementation of the Search Warrants resulted in the seizure...
University of the Philippines Manila (UP-Manila) chancellor Dr. Carmencita D. Padilla received the most prestigious award in science for her outstanding work in newborn screening and genomics when she was named the 43rd National Scientist of the Philippines. Photo credit to UP Manila The...
The percentage of household electrification rate or the number of houses with access to electricity has decreased across the country, officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) told senators on Friday, September 29. According to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the number of households...
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that rice tariff reduction remains an option for the Marcos administration, but immediate execution is not viable. President Marcos earlier thumbed down the reduction of the rice tariff. “He saw that these prices are...
The government remains confident of the six percent to seven percent target rate by the year-end, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said the slowdown in the second quarter could be offset by fiscal spending in the third quarter,...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, September 28 urged lawmakers to refrain from approving a measure if there is no specific source of funds. Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda (Senate PRIB Photo) Legarda made the call after learning from...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs, backed by government anti-narcotics operatives, have foiled the attempt to smuggle around P3.8 billion worth of shabu following the confiscation of the shipment containing the illegal drugs at the Port of Subic. Agents of the Customs Intelligence...
