Liam Demafelix
Reporting from the TSR newsroom.
Kim Jong Un’s sister blasts ASEAN for urging denuclearization: ‘Stupid and foolish’
SEOUL, South Korea — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attacked the bloc of Southeast Asian nations on Monday for seeking a denuclearized Korean peninsula, blasting the position as “stupid and foolish.” At its annual regional forum last week, the Association of Southeast Asian…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls ex-ICC prosecutor Karim Khan a ‘con job’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the subject of an ICC arrest warrant, on Sunday criticised former prosecutor Karim Khan as a “con job” following his dismissal over allegations of sexual misconduct. Khan successfully pushed in 2024 for Netanyahu and other Israeli officials to be charged…
Money problems linked to brain aging, study finds
A new study has found that chronic financial struggles from early to mid-adulthood may accelerate brain aging. Published in Innovation in Aging, the research analyzed long-term data from 2,759 participants in the United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and…
‘Shoot sa kaldero!’: Double billing, ghost projects found in Cayetano’s own backyard, says Ping Lacson
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson dropped a bombshell on Sunday, July 26, baring fresh evidence of double billing and collection involving infrastructure projects in Taguig City—the political bailiwick of what he called “disgraced ex-Senate President” Alan Peter Cayetano—in his fourth update on ghost…
Marcos admin gives ₱10,000 to drivers, extends ₱2,000 monthly aid to 7.5 million under Uplift
The Marcos administration has extended two rounds of cash relief to Filipinos affected by the global economic challenges, first giving ₱10,000 each to 1.9 million drivers and riders, and now extending ₱2,000 in monthly aid to 7.5 million Filipinos under the Uplift program from July to December…
DSWD budget grows from under ₱200B to ₱260-270B under Marcos admin
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) budget has grown from less than ₱200 billion when the Marcos administration began to ₱260 to ₱270 billion today, with the department consistently spending its entire allocation due to the high demand for social services, Secretary Rex…
‘Angels in Red Vests’: DSWD creates 5,000 new regular positions for social workers under Marcos admin
The Marcos administration has begun regularizing social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), with 5,000 new regular positions created this year, giving frontline welfare workers job security for the first time after years of contractual arrangements, Social Welfare…
Marcos admin revives DSWD Academy, aims to make it Southeast Asia’s center for social welfare
The Marcos administration has revived and renovated the DSWD Academy in Taguig, originally a project by former First Lady Imelda Marcos in the 1970s, as a center of excellence for social welfare and community development in Southeast Asia, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Saturday.…
DSWD’s crisis assistance budget triples to ₱63 billion under Marcos admin
The budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation program has tripled under the Marcos administration, growing from ₱18 to ₱20 billion to ₱63 billion now, Undersecretary Pinky Romualdez said Saturday. Romualdez made the disclosure in an…
More 4Ps beneficiaries exit as 1.6 million families graduate under Marcos admin
For the first time in the 18-year history of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), mass graduation has taken place under the Marcos administration, with 1.6 million families having exited the program because their lives improved, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Saturday.…
Marcos administration builds PH’s largest-ever disaster food stockpile
The Marcos administration has built the largest disaster food pack stockpile in Philippine history, with 4.9 million family food packs now pre-positioned in 1,010 warehouses nationwide, up from only about 200,000 when the administration began, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Saturday.…
Modular tents, maternity kits, ready-to-eat meals: DSWD overhauls quality of disaster response
The Marcos administration has overhauled the quality of disaster response, going beyond food distribution to ensure that evacuees retain their dignity and receive care tailored to their specific needs, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Saturday. Gatchalian made the statement in an…
‘Walang Gutom’ program: Marcos administration ambitiously targets zero food poverty
The Marcos administration has set a clear and ambitious target: by the end of the President’s term in 2028, no Filipino family should go hungry, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Saturday. Gatchalian made the statement in an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday on July 25…
Marcos’ flagship anti-hunger program exclusively supports small Filipino agriculture cooperatives, not large grocery chains
The “Walang Gutom” Food Stamp Program exclusively accredits small agriculture cooperatives as redemption points for its food credits, a deliberate policy to ensure government aid flows directly to both food-poor families and small Filipino farmers. Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian made the…
No administration ever did this before: Marcos launches PH’s first-ever anti-hunger program
For the first time in Philippine history, the national government has launched a comprehensive program designed specifically to eliminate hunger, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Saturday, July 25. Because hunger is the most severe form of poverty, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s…