Senator Imee Marcos has refiled a bill seeking an upgrade to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), with enhanced powers under the Office of the President (OP) and a more significant budget, instead of creating a full-scale department. Marcos, elder sister of...
A day after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. backed the passage of a bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), he backpedaled and instead agreed with his sister's idea to merely create a disaster resilience body under the Office of the President (OP). President Ferdinand...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday, July 28, said they are looking at the “best practices” of the disaster management and preparedness agencies in the United States (US) and Turkey as models for the establishment of the country’s own agency. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides the...
"It's time to get mad." That was one piece of advice Senator Imee Marcos said she would give her brother President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, July 25, when he delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Marcos said "as super ate (older sister)" she wants the President to...
Senators today July 20 threw their support behind a plan of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, to go into government-to-government deal to purchase cheaper fertilizer. ‘’Dapat na! (Which should be the case!). Actually nauna na kami ng SINAG- ABONO other agri groups na nakiusap sa China...
On her 93rd birthday, Former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos is on top of the world. ‘I am the happiest person in the world. Ako lang yung naging nanay at tapos yung, naging nanay ng isang presidente na dating asawa ng isang presidente, at buhay pa ako (I am the mother of a president {Ferdinand...
Senator Imee Marcos said she doesn’t take it personally when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. decided to veto the bill that would have established the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport. “Trabaho lang, walang personalan at walang kapatiran (It’s just work,...
With memories of a distant past, President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. not only steps into the shoes left by his late father Ferdinand Sr., but also returns to the Malacañang Palace he once called home from 1965 to 1986. (Screenshot from Bongbong Marcos YouTube channel) It is the same...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, June 21, asked the Department of Energy (DOE) for its proposal to help sectors badly affected by the increasing fuel prices. Senator Imee Marcos (Senate of the Philippines) Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, said the proposal for nuclear...
Senator Imee Marcos has said it is high time for the Philippines to talk to its Asian neighbors to help with the county’s oil supply and also look at sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, issued this statement during a brief...
Senator Imee Marcos traveled to Davao City last Sunday to relay the Marcos family’s gratitude for the resounding victory given by the city’s residents to her brother, president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., in the May 9, 2022 elections. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go and...
Karen Davila maintained Senator Imee Marcos has already apologized to her relating the off-the-cuff remark she made during a recent interview for ANC's "Headstart." In the now viral interview, Imee is heard chiding Karen, "Akala ko magma-migrate ka pag nanalo ang Marcos.” Karen cleared the issue...
