Global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) registered a 50 percent increase in net income to $294.5 million in the first half this year from $196.7 million in the same period 2021 primarily due to higher operating income, higher net foreign exchange gain, increase...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos has named Dr. Samuel Zacate, a known public health advocate and his lead physician, as the new chief of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. enjoined the citizenry to enrich the Filipino language in an attempt to change the old notion that speaking foreign language is the measure of intelligence. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Screengrab from BBM VLOG 220) Marcos stated this in his...
To alleviate the stress brought by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Abra on July 27, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided psychological first aid (PFA) to over 700 individuals in Abra and Ilocos Sur, 216 of them are children. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) According to PRC, PFA is being given by trained...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that the Philippines has no intention in rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "The Philippines has no intention of rejoining the ICC," Marcos said in a press...
The strong July 27 earthquake that jolted Luzon provinces has bolstered President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s resolve to push for the return of the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in high school. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Screengrab from BBM VLOG 220) In...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid For an hour and 14 minutes, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. gave what was a much appreciated address to the 19th Congress, the audience inside the Batasan, and to the business community. But not so with advocacy groups and the 5,000 or so rallyists outside the...
Malacañang said the Executive Branch is set to submit its proposed national budget for 2023 to Congress on August 22, days after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) submits the necessary documents to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has vetoed the proposed bill that seeks to expand the franchise area of Davao Light and Power Company. JUST IN: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes the bill proposing to expand the franchise of the Davao Light and Power Company "due to, among others, its...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made his way to Bangued, Abra, on Thursday, July 28, and led the situation briefing on the effects of the destructive 7.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted parts of Northern Luzon. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads on July 28, the situation...
Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe has nominated more House members to the positions of deputy majority leader and assistant majority leader. Majority Floor Leader Rep. Mannix Dalipe (photo from congress.gov.ph) Dalipe announced the nominees for the posts before the...
