Does the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) need more subsidies from the government?As far as senators are concerned, it is not necessary. And they have a valid point. PhilHealth has ₱89 billion in excess funds. This has been ordered transferred to the National Treasury, a move...
Will the Philippines be the destination of choice for investments in the near future?Only time will tell, but that’s exactly the objective of the CREATE MORE Act signed by President Marcos on Monday, Nov. 11. The new law aims to make the Philippines a top investment destination by attracting...
Today, Nov. 2, is All Souls Day, the day for paying respects to our departed ones, a custom that Filipinos have always practiced beginning Nov. 1, which is All Saints Day. A popular commentary on this custom is that many consider their dearly departed relatives as “saints” for leading...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is taking a bold step by passing Resolution No. 11064 that bans the use of false amplifiers — fake accounts, bots, deepfakes, cheap fakes, and softfakes — in a bid to ensure the integrity of the upcoming 2025 elections, and maybe beyond.The resolution...
Antipolo City has been declared as an insurgency-free community, the local government announced.To affirm the local government’s commitment to ensuring a peaceful city, City Mayor Casimiro “Jun” Ynares, III and Vice Mayor Josefina Gatlabayan led local officials in signing the Memorandum of...
The heavy rains brought by Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) on June 24, 2024 flooded many areas and showed the preparedness of government agencies to respond to the extraordinary rainfall dumped on the National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, and several...
At his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. elicited 125 rounds of applause and two standing ovations. The entire audience stood up first when he declared anew that the West Philippine Sea is ours, then thanked the armed forces who have...
Deepfake, according to Merriam-Webster, is an image or recording that has been convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said. With the digital environment rapidly evolving, the use of deepfake and artificial...
The Philippine Environment Month (PEM), celebrated every June by virtue of Proclamation No. 237 signed by former President Corazon C. Aquino on April 4, 1988, advocates for the protection, enhancement, and development of the country’s environment. Coinciding with this is World Environment...
Some of Tanay, Rizal's most scenic spots have become favorite shooting locations of local television series and movies. The June 3 episode of “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo,” which airs nightly on TV-5 and Kapamilya Channel Online, featured a scene that was shot inside the Palaya Natural Farm that...
Delivering the keynote speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, President Marcos declared: "We are determined to be a force for the good, a force for peace, a champion of regional and global unity, (and) a staunch defender of the rules-based...
“Road traffic injuries are a major yet often neglected public health issue. Deaths and injuries from road crashes are preventable, and all sectors have a role to play in promoting road safety.” This is a message that the World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered many times in the past years,...
