The Senate bill seeking to expand the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) campuses and make them more accessible to high school students nationwide has been approved on third and final reading. Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2974, otherwise known as the Expanded Philippine Science High School (PSHS)...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure seeking to empower the President to optimize positions in government. Twenty-two (22) senators voted in the affirmative for Senate Bill No. 890 or the proposed Government Optimization Act during the Senate’s plenary session on Monday,...
BY Carlos Cervantes The year 1990 marked the beginning of my banking career in Mindanao, where I was immediately immersed in the world of microfinance as an account officer for a local Thrift Bank. As a thrift institution, our mandate was to extend credit to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises...
The government should intensify its crackdown on unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms with financial ties to organized crime syndicates, according to a ranking official of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP). ECCP ICT Committee co-chair Reyner Villaseñor said that these...
Philippine universities are facing an uphill battle on the global academic stage, according to the newly released Philippines University Rankings 2025 by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), published on Monday, June 2. Despite the inclusion of two institutions—University of the...
Roberta Tamondong (Images courtesy of Instagram) Beauty queen Roberta Tamondong has been embracing life with a relaxed attitude, savoring each moment and navigating her busy days with a calm determination. Taking everything at a leisurely pace, she finds joy in the small pleasures of everyday...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered AirAsia MOVE, the online booking arm of Malaysia-based AirAsia, to cease selling airline tickets in the Philippines due to reports of alleged fare overcharging. In a press conference on Monday, June 2, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon stated...
Face masks are not necessary to prevent monkeypox (Mpox) transmission, as the virus spreads through close and intimate contact, not through the air like Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, June 1. “Sa airborne illness ‘yun kagaya ng Covid, pero sa sakit na ito na...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero clarified on Monday, June 2, that while the reading of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is set on June 11, it is still the decision of the Senate in plenary whether or not the Upper Chamber will formally convene as an...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa has urged President Marcos to declare a national public health emergency over Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), warning that the Philippines now records the highest increase in new HIV cases in the world. “Fifty-seven new cases a day. 500...
The Senate will resume its regular sessions today, Monday, June 2 and tackle priority legislative measures before the 19th Congress adjourns formally next week, June 14, 2025. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero had earlier announced that the passage of key legislative bills will take...
The country’s largest group of employers is urging the government to allow companies to implement their own work-from-home schemes, rather than imposing an industry-wide policy, during the upcoming rehabilitation work on EDSA. With the preparatory works on the EDSA rebuild set to begin next...
