Latest in barangayCaloocan City 2nd District Representative Edgar “Egay” Erice is calling the ₱58 billion Presidential Assistance to Local Government Units fund in the 2027 national budget a form of “presidential pork barrel,” or discretionary spending with no development plan behind it that he says is designed to…
Tuberculosis cases in the Philippines are rebounding after years of decline, with multi-drug resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains on the rise—a trend the country’s top health insurer attributes largely to patients failing to complete their treatment despite medicines being provided for…
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso on Wednesday lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for continuously looking after the people of Manila, as the President personally distributed ₱20,000 scholarships to 4,426 graduating college students from the city’s six districts at the Rizal…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. wants five graduating college students in every barangay across the country to each receive ₱20,000 in scholarship assistance, covering the non-tuition costs that continue to push near-graduates out of school despite the government’s free tuition law. The Office…
The Marcos administration is rolling out ₱200,000 in financial assistance to each of the country’s 42,000 barangays under the “Bawat Barangay, Makikinabang” program, funded through the Social Civic Projects Fund of the Office of the President. Undersecretary Georgina Hernandez Yang of the Office…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the release of ₱200,000 to every barangay in the country under the program “Bawat Barangay, Makikinabang,” with the Office of the President targeting full distribution to all 42,000 barangays nationwide by June 30. Undersecretary Georgina Hernandez Yang…
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