Budget and Management Secretary Mina Pangandaman (PNA file photo) MANILA – Expenditures of the national government for infrastructure and other capital outlays grew to P1.02 trillion from January to November 2023. This is an 18.5 percent or P159.8 billion increase to what was recorded in the same period in 2022 at P861.8 …
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Advocates call for climate emergency in Mindanao
Army rescuers and government responders recover a cadaver at the landslide ground zero in Barangay Masara, Davao de Oro on Feb. 12, 2024. (Facebook/Philippine Army) MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of climate advocates has called on the government to declare a state of climate emergency in Mindanao as floods, landslides …
Read More »NEDA: Gov’t accelerates efforts to manage price increases
National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan MANILA – The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is ramping up efforts to manage price increases, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Sunday. He made the statement following the release of a recent OCTA survey results …
Read More »Delay in payment of land expropriated by gov’t an ‘injustice’ — SC
The Supreme Court (SC) stressed that an “injustice” is committed when the payment of just compensation to a landowner whose property is expropriated by the government for public use is delayed for many years. The SC lamented: “What more injustice can be caused to a landowner who, up to the …
Read More »China using cyanide to ‘destroy’ Scarborough on purpose — BFAR
A reporter takes a video over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 16, 2024. (AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa) MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) revealed that Chinese fisherfolk have been using the deadly chemical compound cyanide to damage Bajo de …
Read More »PBBM signs 4 laws to benefit state universities
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PNA file photo) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 11978, establishing a college of medicine at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus (DMMMSU-SLUC) in the municipality of Agoo. RA No. 11978, known as the …
Read More »Zubiri: I’ll sign Quiboloy subpoena
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said Friday he will sign the subpoena against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in connection with the chamber’s ongoing probe on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader’s alleged human trafficking and sex-related crimes. “I have been told by my staff that …
Read More »BI partners with Australian gov’t to improve border management
(File photo) MANILA – The Philippines, through the Bureau of Immigration (BI), has partnered with the Australian government for knowledge-sharing on crucial aspects of border management. Commissioner Norman Tansingco headed the BI delegation in Canberra and Melbourne on Feb. 5 to 8, according to a news release on Saturday. The …
Read More »98 dead, 9 missing in Davao de Oro landslide
This screengrab from AFPTV aerial video footage taken on February 7, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. At least five people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide engulfed two buses and houses in a …
Read More »Watchdog warns Filipinos from buying ‘chicken toy’ due to toxic chemicals
Photo of a “shrilling chicken” plastic toy (Release/EcoWaste Coalition) MANILA, Philippines — The EcoWaste Coalition has advised Filipino consumers to refrain from buying an unauthorized squeaky toy marketed for kids and pets alike due to the presence of an “endocrine disrupting chemical.” The “shrilling chicken” plastic toy is reportedly being …
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