The Philippines' journey towards digitalization is "in full swing," President Marcos told the international community in Singapore on Wednesday, Sept. 13. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM/Milken Institute Screenshot) Speaking at the Asia Summit 2023, Marcos said the country's tech...
President Marcos has invited business leaders to explore the Philippines as an investment destination, citing the country's strategic location and improved government systems that make it easy for foreign investors to do business in the country. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy revealed that the long delay—about “four years or five years”—in the issuance of the physical national ID has made the public impatient, not the least President Marcos himself. President Ferdinand...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has sold its property in Sta. Mesa to the Social Housing Finance Corp. (SHFC) for the construction of an affordable high-rise condominium project. In a statement, GSIS President and General Manager Wick Veloso said that SHFC purchased the pension...
Vice President Sara Duterte has a special wish for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s 66th birthday: success as president because it would also mean the success of the Philippines and Filipinos. (From left) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte at the launch...
OF TREES AND FOREST A modern, efficient, and sustainable transport system is essential in the life of a metropolis. Population growth and urbanization have a tendency to choke modern cities that in turn reduce the quality of life of its residents. More people are leaving their rural hometowns and...
PRESIDENT FERDINAND R. Marcos Jr. delivered his second State of the Nation Address on July 24, 2023. (Noel B. Pabalate) For a writer or journalist, a casual lunch with a Head of State, just the two of you, will always be a rare occurrence. It’s one of those scenarios that we conjure up in...
President Marcos greets the public waiting for him during the launch of the first Kadiwa ng Pangulo outlet in Pili, Camarines Sur in March 2023. (BBM Vlog) Food security and sustainability are two of the advocacies defining the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., which he has...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (BBM vlog) From meetings to diplomatic functions to paperwork— these are just some of the activities that keep President Marcos busy every day. But despite having a full plate, the country's 17th President is grateful for his busy schedule as it indicates...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri believes that the country should use the furor among other nations caused by the release of China's 10-dash line in its new standard map to its own advantage by gathering allies in asserting sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Zubiri made...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has asked the Senate for a supplemental budget in adherence to the directive of President Marcos to have a sustained and continued presence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). PCG Commandant Adm. Artemio Abu disclosed that the agency requires a supplemental budget of...
The completion of the implementing rules and regulations of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act was dubbed by President Marcos as his best birthday gift ever. President Marcos signs the Executive Order that extends the moratorium on payments of amortization on agrarian debt by agrarian reform...
