PCO photo Manila, Philippines—Rescuers used their bare hands and shovels to dig through mud on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors of a landslide in the Philippines as the number of missing nearly doubled to 90, an official said. Two days after the rain-induced landslide hit the mountainous gold-mining …
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Comelec: No plebiscite ‘til 2026 with 2 polls coming
Comelec Chairman George Garcia The Commission on Elections said it cannot hold a plebiscite next year to amend the 1987 Constitution given that there are already two scheduled polls in 2025. ““You cannot squeeze in a plebiscite in the middle of an election. Even prior to 2025, you cannot do …
Read More »DOLE provides inputs on legislated wage hike bill in the Senate
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (Screengrab from FB Live of DOLE press conference) MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided inputs to the Senate over the proposed PHP100.00 legislated increase in the daily salary of minimum wage earners in the country and will be waiting for the final decision …
Read More »Roque: Duterte got info ‘he may be arrested any time’
On Facebook live on Feb. 4, Roque recounted how Duterte called him on the night of Feb. 2 to tell him he received information about his impending arrest. (Presidential Photo, File) MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte claimed to have information that he could be arrested “any time” in …
Read More »DICT bares national cybersecurity plan to protect PH digital infra
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday presented its national cybersecurity plan to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. amid reports of hacking attempts targeting government digital assets recently. “We presented the national cybersecurity plan to the President. This was, you know, more than a year in the making …
Read More »PH to access advanced air quality monitoring tools via NASA mission
MEASURING AIR QUALITY. The NASA DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory takes off from Clark Airport in Pampanga on Thursday (Feb. 8, 2024). The aircraft will make four low-altitude flights between Feb. 5 and 14 to investigate the atmosphere of Metro Manila and surrounding regions. (Photo courtesy of DENR Facebook page) MANILA – The mission …
Read More »Escudero to House solons: Be accountable, admit involvement in ‘fake’ People’s Initiative
Instead of daring senators to declare their position on Charter change issues, lawmakers at the House of Representatives should admit their involvement in the People’s Initiative signature campaign drive. Sen. Francis Escudero (O/S Escudero/Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero issued the call as he responds to House Majority Leader …
Read More »Party-list solons to screen which senators to help during polls; may declare some of them ‘persona non grata’
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) Party-list congressmen will be more discerning from now on in terms of picking which senatorial candidate they will campaign for during election season. Thus, said Party-list Coalition Foundation Inc. (PCFI) President Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, as an apparent consequence of Senate …
Read More »Cha-cha plebiscite in 2025 proposed
Senator Sonny Angara on October 4, 2023./STAR / Jesse Bustos MANILA, Philippines — While congressmen hope for a plebiscite on Charter change as early as July this year, senators see no hurry, with the chair of the panel in charge of Cha-cha considering synchronizing any plebiscite with the 2025 midterm …
Read More »Number of unemployed Filipinos at its lowest in nearly two decades
At a Glance After nearly two decades, the number of jobless individuals was at its lowest of 1.60 million or 3.1 percent. This is lower than the 4.3 percent or 2.22 million unemployed individuals in December 2022, meaning there had been a decline of 617,000 unemployed individuals. The top three …
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