President Marcos will study the proposed measure that seeks to declare the EDSA People Power anniversary as a regular holiday, Malacañang said. "He will study the suggestions regarding this matter," Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Tuesday, Feb. 24, a...
President Marcos said he will not endorse a candidate soon, even as he revealed that he has started talking to some officials and personalities to be the administration 's bet in the next presidential polls. "Not soon. Timing is everything," Marcos said on Tuesday, Feb. 24, when asked if he...
Someone who does not think about politics, but how to make the Philippines better. This was one of the many qualities President Marcos enumerated, describing the kind of leader to elect in 2028. Participating in the fireside chat during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Editors and...
Farmers in Mindanao had personally raised their concern to President Marcos over the delayed delivery of farm input in their region. Marcos has engaged in a forum with farmers and irrigators around the country on Tuesday, Feb. 24, where a farmer from Mindanao complained that many farmers are not...
Emphasizing that farmers remain as the strength of agriculture despite the emergence of modern technology, President Marcos reminded the government to not fail the country 's farmers. In his remarks at the 2026 National Irrigation Administration (NIA) – National Confederation of Irrigators...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte 's lead defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman has alleged that President Marcos was "set out to neutralize" his predecessor and his legacy. "So it is indeed the defense case that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set out to neutralize Rodrigo Duterte and his legacy,"...
Former vice president and Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo, Senator Bam Aquino, and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, who are all part of a movement for good governance, met on a rare occasion at the Malacañan Palace on Monday, Feb. 23. The three public officials met during the presentation of the...
President Marcos said on Monday, Feb. 23, that the Philippines is still facing a classroom shortage of more than 144,000. In his speech during the presentation of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on nationwide classroom building, Marcos stressed that the country must not wait for decades to...
President Marcos has raised the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) to a record-high P58 billion for 2026 and ordered the faster, more direct release of funds to local government units (LGUs), saying delays in the past have hampered urgently needed projects in communities. Speaking at the launch...
Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo said there was “no trace of rancor” in her recent meeting with President Marcos, describing their rare engagement as purely work-focused despite their past political rivalry. Robredo said this after meeting Marcos, who visited Naga City to lead the inspection of the...
President Marcos backed the major renovation and retrofitting of the Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum (JMRC), turning over P500 million to modernize the facility and strengthen its disaster response capabilities. Marcos personally handed a Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) worth P500 million to Naga...
President Marcos brushed aside questions about alliances and the 2028 elections during his inspection of flood control works in Naga City, saying his visit is “serbisyo muna bago politika” (service first before politics). Marcos said this as he led the inspection of the ongoing operations under...
