Officials and personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA)--including clerks and security guards--ought to be subjected to a thorough, top to bottom lifestyle check. Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Screenshot from Facebook) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray...
It appears that Clarita Carlos now has more time to spend with her family after she announced her resignation from her post as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s national security adviser (NSA). Carlos has also been active on Facebook as of late, posting about family bonding and her random...
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO Happy 2023 Chinese New Year! The Philippines is one of the most food-insecure countries in Asia. One of 10 households in the Philippines is food insecure, according to the World Food Program October 2022 survey result. Similarly, in the latest Global...
LUNA, Apayao -- A total of 112 police officers of the Police Regional Office Cordillera have completed their 480 hours of training for the Basic Internal Security Operation Course (BISOC). PHOTO VIA ZALDY COMANDA / MANILA BULLETIN The completion of their basic training was formally acknowledged...
ZURICH, Switzerland — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. does not believe that there were people in government who undermined political science professor Clarita Carlos during her stint as his National Security Adviser (NSA). President-elect Bongbong Marcos (left) meets with retired UP...
There is no need for the Philippines and the US to come up with new military agreements on top of the existing Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). This is what officials of both countries believed in as the Philippines and the US concluded the two-day...
What makes a healthy nation? It is not enough that citizens are able to consume three meals a day, but they also have access to meals that are nutritious, utilizing ingredients grown by local farmers and sold at fair prices. A healthy nation is also one that is able to achieve nutrition security...
The Office for Transport Security (OTS), an attached agency of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), has asked the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to probe the operations of a vessel carrying foreign crew in coastal waters. Specifically, the OTS said that Marina should verify if the vessel...
National Security Advisor Eduardo Año and his United States (US) counterpart, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, held a phone meeting earlier this week to discuss ways in ensuring “a free and open” Indo-Pacific region, which Washington has long recognized as vital to its security and...
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said boosting agriculture and fisheries productivity are some of the critical steps to help nations attain nutrition security. Malacañang photo Marcos said this as he participated in the Panel Session on Moving Towards Nutrition...
Some senators have expressed their support for the bill that seeks to amend the law that established a fixed term and retirement age for some officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said a review of Republic Act No. 11709, which was passed into law...
Newly-appointed Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Tuesday, January 17 confirmed there were indeed “rumblings” within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) but clarified that is was due to the "unintended consequences" brought about by the enactment of the new law that set fixed terms...
