President Duterte has approved the additional P5-billion allocation for the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), half of the amount requested by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The Philippine government was told for the nth time to step up its crackdown versus foreign poachers in the West Philippine Sea. Such a call was made in response to China’s annual three-and-a-half-month fishing ban in the South China Sea, which covers the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has handed over P21.127 billion in remittances to the National Treasury from 2017 to 2020--a huge uptick when compared to its fiscal output in the years before the Duterte administration. CAAP Director General Jim Sydiongco (Screengrab from...
The Light Rail Transit (LRT-1) Cavite Extension project has achieved a completion rate of over 50 percent under the Duterte administration. (Photo from Art Tugade's Facebook) Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade made this revelation over the weekend in his Facebook account,...
Former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay, a staunch critic of the current administration, on Friday (May 21) commended Pres. Duterte’s decision to vaccinate economic frontliners. “The President deserves to be commended. Tama lang na bakunahan agad ang economic frontliners para makabangon...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has completed an irrigation project in Nueva Ecija that could irrigate more than 700 hectares of farmlands and benefit more than 200 families who make a living through farming. In a statement, NIA said that despite the prevalence of the COVID-19...
As the government ramps up its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program, Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday said the local Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should start studying the feasibility of vaccinating minors, taking cue from the United States and other countries that have started...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 18, admitted frustration that there are local government units (LGUs) and government agencies that don’t want to work with her office because of politics. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo) The vice president was treated more as an opponent rather than an ally...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, May 18, claimed that the administration bets for the May 2022 polls will win because of the way the government has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his virtual press briefing, the Palace official praised the government’s pandemic response....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, May 18 called President Duterte’s move to resurrect an old issue and blame the past Aquino administration for losing the West Philippine Sea to China as a mere “malevolent diversionary scheme.” “ a malevolent diversionary scheme. Duterte’s...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to put people in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who will initiate reforms in the agency. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo from ARTA) ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has vowed to cooperate with the investigation on the alleged delay in processing the drug applications of several pharmaceutical firms. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "Ang FDA will cooperate fully with the authorities sa pag-investigate nito para makita po...
