President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named former Labor official Danilo Cruz as the new director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Former DOLE Undersecretary Danilo Cruz (Photo courtesy of DOLE) Malacañang announced the designation of Cruz on...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite –  Authorities arrested 21 individuals in two separate anti-illegal gambling operations on Sunday, July 17. In Barangay Salitran I, 10 suspects were nabbed for engaging in illegal cockfighting or tupada. Confiscated during the operation were two dead...
Hopes and wishes for the incoming FDCP Chair With the appointment of Tirso Cruz III as the next Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chairperson and CEO (he’s just waiting for the official appointment documents), we have asked stakeholders in the film industry to share their wishes...
Miss Universe Philippines 2021 candidate Rousanne “Ayn” Bernos extended sympathy to beauty queens recently disqualified from Miss Philippines Earth 2022. Angela Okol (Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte), Renee Coleen (Ibaan, Batangas), and Cess Cruz (Antipolo City) have been disqualified for not...
Malacañang said that the existing alert level classifications for different areas in the country had been extended after the government's pandemic task force failed to declare the new status on July 15. File photo Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said this after the previous alert level...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is back in tip-top shape after catching Covid-19 for the second time last week, Malacañang said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) In a text message to reporters, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles likewise...
The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will continue under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Malacañang said. File photo of former President Rodrigo Duterte with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of...
An administrative aide died after falling off a building inside the Malacañang compound on Thursday morning, July 14, the Palace said. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo courtesy of OPS) Press Secretary Trixie Angeles-Cruz said in a press briefing that Mario Castro, an administrative...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta To this day, the Philippines is described as an agricultural country which is probably why the 17th president, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr, (PBBM) appointed himself Secretary of Agriculture. It happens to be an utterly sensitive sector of the national economy, the most...
After catching the virus for the second time , President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is now free of all Covid-19 symptoms, Malacañang announced. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) In a statement, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles, citing Marcos'...
Malacañang clarified that lawyer Raphael Lotilla's return to the Department of Energy (DOE) as its head is still uncertain until his employment status is clarified. Former Energy Secretary and Enexor Director Raphael Lotilla (Photo from Enexor) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles issued the...
Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss and Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles met to discuss possible collaboration projects, including the sharing of Israel's knowledge in delivering news and information to remote areas in the Philippines. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles and Israeli Ambassador to the...