Participants of the government’s Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program — Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP), and Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) — expressed their gratitude to the government for finding a solution to the incentives promised for participating...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has authorized the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to proceed with the ₱11.4 billion interconnection project designed to stabilize power supply on Siargao Island. In a formal notice, the industry regulator greenlit the Claver-Siargao...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) announced on Tuesday, January 21, that it will lift the nationwide access ban on Grok AI following a safety pledge made by its developer, xAI. In a statement, CICC Undersecretary Renato “Aboy” Paraiso said the decision came after...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, January 21, announced that it has finalized a new memorandum of agreement (MOA) with local government units (LGUs) to accelerate the construction, repair, and improvement of public school classrooms nationwide under the 2026 national budget. In a...
Ambassador Shri. Harsh Kumar Jain handed over humanitarian aid comprising approximately 30 tons of relief material to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Diana Rose S. Cajipe at a ceremony organized by the Office of the Civil Defense at the Clark Air Base on January...
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) is poised to reclaim the 7,000 level this year as the central bank’s pivot toward monetary easing and sweeping expansion of real estate investment trust rules draw investors back to local equities. Investment & Capital Corporation of the Philippines...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday, January 20, led the turnover and blessing of a new four-storey, 16-classroom school building at Santiago Elementary School, underscoring the department’s push to ease classroom congestion while accelerating long-delayed teacher...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), with support from international humanitarian and health partners, is backing the government-led Ligtas Tigdas: Measles-Rubella Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA)—a nationwide campaign aimed at protecting millions of Filipino children from measles and...
Many leaders in the Philippines grapple with a perennial dilemma: Should work be competitive or collaborative? The instinct to drive performance through competition is understandable—in business, the best, fastest, and most productive usually win. However, when competition becomes the dominant...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will play a central role in the 2nd Joint Trifocal Education Management Committee Meeting and the Trifocal Education Launch Program, set to take place next week in Ilocos Norte. In a media advisory issued Monday, January 19, CHED announced its participation...
Public school learners and teachers will soon benefit from bamboo-made school furniture as the Department of Education (DepEd) begins its rollout in selected schools starting February. The initiative, led by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara, finally puts into practice Executive Order (EO) No. 879, s....
A group on Monday, January 19, called on the national government to urgently double the education budget, unburden teachers of excessive administrative work, and overhaul the national curriculum to address what it described as a deepening learning crisis in Philippine schools. The Alliance of...
