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Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday expressed hope that the House of Representatives will adopt the Senate version of the Maharlika Investment Fund bill, which he said would include more safeguards to avoid possible misuse. While the House passed its version late last year, Zubiri said he hopes the …

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s advocacy to uphold rules-based international order has earned support from the member states of Group of Seven (G7) and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), Malacañang said on Friday. The expression of support was relayed to Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil …

All the unpaid wages of around 10,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will now be paid by its government, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople bared Friday, May 26. (DMW Sec. Susan Ople / Screenshot from DMW livestream) Ople said the Saudi …

The Commission on Elections on Thursday dismissed a disqualification case against former Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo as nominee of the ACT-CIS party-list. In its resolution, the Comelec Second Division said the poll body has no jurisdiction to act on the petition for disqualification. “Under Section 4(b), Rule 5 of …

(File photo) MANILA — The government on Friday signed the JPY17.4-billion ($130 million) Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 Rehabilitation Project (II) loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The agreement was signed by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno and JICA chief representative in the Philippines Sakamoto …

INFO CAMPAIGN. Photo shows the frontpage of the Marcos administration’s free newspaper, ‘The Philippine Gazette.’ Malacañang on Thursday launched a free newspaper in a bid to disseminate the latest information on the projects and programs of the Marcos administration. The first issue of “The Philippine Gazette” focused on the administration’s …

A mother, who “forced and exploited” her five minor children – with ages ranging from two to 17 years old — to engage in online sex, was arrested in Bataan and charged criminally before the Department of Justice (DOJ) last May 24. The press statement of the Inter-Agency Council Against …

PBBM orders agencies to prepare for onslaught of super typhoon Photo shows a personnel of the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office preparing rescue equipment even if the typhoon is not expected to hit the capital directly. Facebook page of President Marcos, Norman Cruz  The government is taking the …

THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a total of 31 of the administration’s priority measures. “We are proud of our collective accomplishment — 31 out of 42 and counting. As of today, we have achieved a significant part of our goal in less than a …

] PBBM marks it as urgent so Senate can pass it before ‘sine die’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certified as urgent the Senate version of the Maharlika Investment Fund Bill to ensure its passage before Congress adjourns sine die next week. In his letter to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri …