Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) has assigned National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (Nat Re), the country’s sole professional reinsurer, a financial strength rating of PRS A with a Stable Outlook. An insurer rated PRS A has strong financial security...
President Marcos has granted an increase in the lifetime monthly gratuity pay of soldiers awarded with the highest military honor. Armed Forces of the Philippines (Noel B. Pabalate) Marcos announced the increase on the gratuity pay to existing Medal of Valor Awardees of the Armed Forces of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has reiterated his commitment to having the defense of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) adequately funded. "We are resolute in our goal to ensure a future where our...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Luke 1:46-56 Steeped as he was in Scriptures, the evangelist Luke would know that God’s greatest act—the sending of his Son in the fullness of time—would have to be celebrated in a song. For minstrel, he has found someone most fitting, one who had experienced...
President Marcos said that the Philippines remains unfettered amid tensions in the West Philippine Sea as he urged Filipino soldiers to be courageous and firm in preserving and upholding the country's territorial integrity. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos said...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Luke presents the birth of John the Baptist and of Jesus in parallel events as they develop in separate scenes. In the Visitation, he now brings the most important characters together in one setting. We have Mary meeting Elizabeth (and Zechariah); but more importantly, the main...
ALBUERA, Leyte – Mayor Sixto dela Victoria here shared the local government unit's accomplishments this year in his State-of-the-Municipality Address on Tuesday, December 19. DELA VICTORIA (Albuera FB) Among these are the acquisition of a 2.3-hectare lot in Barangay San Pedro and Tabgas where a...
Razon-led Manila Water Co. Inc. has secured a term loan facility from the state-lender Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) to support its capital expenditures (CAPEX). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Dec. 20, Manila Water said the utility signed a P7 billion loan...
The Bureau of the Treasury announced that the national government is set to borrow P585 billion from the domestic market in the first three months of next year to cover its budget shortfall. Based on the Treasury’s quarterly local borrowing plan, the Marcos administration plans to issue P195...
The Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center will assist members of the Union of Local Authorities in the Philippines (ULAP) enhance their skills in developing and carrying out infrastructure projects. In statement, Ma. Cynthia C. Hernandez, PPP Center executive director said they will provide...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Luke 1:26-38 The annunciation to Mary parallels that of the annunciation to Zechariah in the temple. Both form a diptych, that is, parallel panels which present two stories side by side in order to show similarities and contrasts. The basic steps in the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL In keeping with our tradition in this column, we are sharing once again the letter I wrote to my eldest daughter, Cassandra, in 2011. Our readers will recall that she was just three years old when I wrote her this letter. I published that letter and shared it with our readers in...
