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FOOD COMMODITIES. An array of food items sold at a local supermarket in Bacolod City. Manila Rep. Joel Chua on Thursday (Oct. 19, 2023) suggested allowing the Electronic Benefit Transfer card of the government’s food stamp program to be usable at point-of-sale at supermarkets, grocery stores, and drugstores with electronic card …

A House leader on Wednesday affirmed Congress’ “power of the purse” after the Lower Chamber realigned P1.23 billion in confidential funds. Lawmakers from Eastern Visayas, Cebu and Bohol also joined their colleagues in defending the House of Representatives and Speaker Martin Romualdez from critics opposed to the scrapping of the …

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday met with the family of caregiver Paul Castelvi, who was slain during the assault of the militant group Hamas in Israel, to extend his sympathies and deliver P500,000 in cash assistance. At the same time, two separate teams from the Office of the …

Before departing for Saudi Arabia, President Marcos clarified that the implementation of the Maharlika Investment Fund will proceed as planned this year. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot)  The suspension of its implementing rules and regulation (IRR) was only made to find ways to “make it as close to …

The number of Filipinos who were killed in the war between Israel and Hamas militants is now four. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Thursday, Oct. 19, bared the news upon confirmation from the Israeli government. “I regret to inform the nation that we have received confirmation …

A candidate for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Bucay, Abra was shot dead, while at least 122 candidates for different positions in that province have withdrawn from the race after being intimidated, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Wednesday. This came a day before the 10-day official …

President Marcos has departed for Saudi Arabia to participate in the first summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which, he tagged, as a “unique opportunity” for the Philippines to advance its priority agendas. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot)  Marcos said …

THE 10-day official campaign period for the October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) starts today. A total of 672,016 positions are at stake in this year’s polls — 42,001 for barangay (village) captains and 294,007 for members of Sangguniang Barangay (village council). The same number of positions are …

THE first batch of 16 Filipinos — 15 caregivers and a month-old infant — arrived from war-troubled Israel on Wednesday. Etihad Airlines flight EY594 carrying the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) touched down at 3:55 p.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Home at last Mylene Rivera (wearing a cap) …

TEL AVIV—A strike on a Gaza hospital compound which health officials there said killed at least 200 people has provoked outrage and condemnation from around the world, with protests on the streets of Amman, Tunis, Beirut, and Tehran. The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the territory, accused Israel of …