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Weeding out bad tendencies

AMID the gravity and seriousness of the issues the country is facing – impeachment, relationships with favored contractors, budget insertions, and even harassment at...

Fisherfolk to benefit from P20/k rice on Aug. 29—DA

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is fast-tracking the rollout of President Marcos’ Marcos flagship food security program dubbed “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” which sells...

A crime against public good

"We can at least minimize graft and corruption, but to wipe it out entirely is a big problem and almost impossible" THE recent site inspection...

B n B

Build Better More becomes the new reason for ‘Bongbong Borrows More’ BAHALA na si Batman, that’s our government’s debt policy. In an earlier column titled “Utang...

Philippines revises development plan, aims for $5,000 GNI per capita by 2026

MANILA, Philippines--The government has recalibrated its national development roadmap with an updated plan that projects the country will achieve upper-middle-income status soon and its...

BbM should appoint BBM

IS THE president serious about getting to the bottom of corruption as legislated in the 2025 budget and before? In his latest podcast, he declared...

Marcos orders removal of discount forms on MRT, LRT lines

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the removal of forms for students, senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) seeking fare discounts on the...

Have some shame, indeed

DURING his press conference on Monday, President Ferdinand Marcos said that just 15 contractors out of 2,409 accredited bodies cornered P100 billion, or 18...

15 firms got P100b flood-control deals

PBBM notes disturbing assessment, says‘a little painful’ probe may include allies Some 15 contractors cornered almost P100 billion – or about 20 percent of the...

Lawmakers back infra probe, seek to identify names

No senators were involved with the 15 contractors identified by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as having cornered close to P100 billion worth or a...

ECMP Program

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling meets with Social Housing Finance Corp. president and chief executive Federico Laxa,...

SSS to roll out pension reform, raise monthly retirement benefits by a third up to P29,465

The Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday announced a pension reform program that will raise maximum monthly retirement benefits by a third to P29,465...

Marcos flies to US, to meet Trump for ‘fresh’ trade deal

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flies to Washington today for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, in a bid to arrive at a “mutually...

Duterte issue clouds PBBM trust rebound —poll

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. showed signs of recovery in both performance and trust ratings in the latest Pahayag 2025 Second Quarter (PQ2-2025) survey, but...
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