TAMPA, United States -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to maintain social and health care benefits for elderly and low-income Americans, warning that he would be a "nightmare" for Republicans seeking to take them away. "I know that a lot of Republicans, their dream is to cut Social...
Advocates from the Pasig City Nutrition Committee (PCNC) and SEAOIL Foundation conducted training sessions with other stakeholders to ensure efficient implementation of the “Tugon sa Gutom Program.” “Tugon sa Gutom Program” is SEAOIL Foundation’s flagship program to tackle food insecurity...
Police keep watch outside a court in Hong Kong on February 6, 2023 as the trial of 47 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures begins in the largest prosecution under a national security law that has crushed dissent in the city. (Peter PARKS / AFP) HONG KONG, China – A small group of...
BAGUIO CITY – The grand opening of the Panagbenga Festival here on Wednesday, Feb. 1, was generally peaceful, police said. POLICE line up on Session Road in Baguio City to secure the grand opening parade of the Panagbenga Festival on Feb. 1. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) City police chief Col....
The China Coast Guard (CCG) has maintained near-daily patrol operations at several features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last year, a United States think tank revealed, as Filipino maritime security experts warned the government about China’s new political ploy to allegedly establish a secure...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered all police commanders to coordinate with local school officials to arrange the needed security in schools and its premises. The order came after the Department of Education (DepEd) sought the assistance of the PNP...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s former top security adviser, Clarita Carlos, has voiced her opinion about disinformation- mongers on social media. Former National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos (Facebook) Carlos, in a Facebook post Friday, Jan. 27, wrote "Social media would be so much...
Security guards won't be left behind in House Bill (HB) No. 5493. In fact, they're front and center as its beneficiaries. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte and Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Go Yap penned...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino has thrown his support for the conduct of a multilateral show of maritime security cooperation with the United States and other neighboring countries amid the latest tension in the disputed territories along the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and South China Sea...
Officials and personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA)--including clerks and security guards--ought to be subjected to a thorough, top to bottom lifestyle check. Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Screenshot from Facebook) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray...
It appears that Clarita Carlos now has more time to spend with her family after she announced her resignation from her post as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s national security adviser (NSA). Carlos has also been active on Facebook as of late, posting about family bonding and her random...
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO Happy 2023 Chinese New Year! The Philippines is one of the most food-insecure countries in Asia. One of 10 households in the Philippines is food insecure, according to the World Food Program October 2022 survey result. Similarly, in the latest Global...
