OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The votes that have been reflected in the COMELEC Transparency Servers and reported in real time by various media outfits and citizen watchdogs seem to show one thing—a landslide victory for the tandem of former Senator Ferdinand...
The progressive party-list group Bayan Muna has pushed the Supreme Court (SC) to act swiftly on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) “There is...
President Duterte and other top ranking officials have been invited by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to attend the proclamation of the 12 winning senators in the 2022 polls on Wednesday, May 18. Comelec/MB In a press briefing on Tuesday, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the...
Media practitioners, bank workers, priests, physicians and nurses, among other professions, are now qualified to obtain licenses to carry firearms outside of their residence without having to prove their lives are in imminent danger as President Duterte signed a law easing their application...
President Duterte has signed into law the bill granting government employees a night-shift differential at a rate not exceeding 20 percent of the hourly basic rate of the employee. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11701 on April 13, but the copy was...
Emperador Inc. is raising its capital expenditure budget to expand its overseas whisky business while sister company Megaworld Corporation is expanding its reach in the domestic front. During the Emperador’s annual stockholders’ meeting, is was disclosed that the firm increasing its capital...
President Duterte has signed a law increasing the mandatory retirement age of key officials in the military to up to 60 years old. Republic Act No. 11709 stated that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with the grades of Second Lieutenant/Ensign (O-1) to Colonel/Capitan (O-6) shall...
President Duterte has issued an order requiring franchisors to come up with franchise agreements with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for the protection of parties interested in acquiring franchises from them. According to Executive Order No. 169, which was signed on May 12 but was...
To promote the efficient delivery of services, especially amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Malacañang has ordered all government offices to adopt digital payments for their respective disbursements and collection. Photo from PIXABAY Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed President...
With a month and a half left to go, a new administration led by presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will take over. News of prospective Cabinet members and new political movements and alliances will soon fill the news and give us a preview of what a Marcos administration will look like. When...
The Senate has received a total of 117 or 67.63 percent of the 173 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) and Election Returns (ERs) for president and vice president expected to be transmitted to the Upper Chamber, as of Sunday, May 15. Numerous ballot boxes rolled in at the Senate on the sixth day of its...
President Duterte hoped the new graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) would remain true to their oath despite the numerous things they can do in a fast-changing society. President Duterte reminds new graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) to stay true to their oath amid the...
