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Imee Marcos ‘nakakaawa, gumagamit ng fake news, ginagawang mangmang ang mga Pilipino’: Claire Castro
Press Undersecretary Claire Castro fired back at Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, June 30, after the senator delivered a speech at the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) rally along EDSA, accusing her of spreading baseless claims and inciting anger against the government of her own brother, President…
PMMA chief backs proposal for President Marcos to issue executive order granting automatic reservist status to 400,000 Filipino seafarers
The superintendent of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) backed a proposal for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to issue an executive order automatically classifying the country’s approximately 400,000 active seafarers as military reservists, modeled after the United States’ “7th Service”…
NIA shifts cropping calendars, installs solar pumps, deploys brush dams to brace for El Niño
The National Irrigation Administration is deploying a multi-pronged strategy to cushion the impact of El Niño on irrigated farmlands, combining cropping calendar adjustments, solar pump installations, desilting operations, and brush dam construction under a short, medium, and long-term adaptation…
Long-stalled major dams now fully funded and moving under Marcos administration: NIA chief
Several large irrigation dam projects that had been stalled for years or decades under previous administrations are now fully funded and under active construction, the National Irrigation Administration chief said Saturday, crediting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for treating food security as a…
Solar pump irrigation systems reviving failed stations along major river basins, says NIA chief
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is converting failed diesel and electricity-driven pumping stations along major river basins into solar pump irrigation systems, with results so far proving positive, its administrator said Saturday. In an interview on DZRH News program Special on…
DepEd protects classroom teaching time as key reform alongside new Grade 6, 9, and 10 curricula
The Department of Education (DepEd) is implementing new curricula for Grade 6, Grade 9, and Grade 10 this school year while pushing to protect instructional time as a parallel reform measure aimed at improving learner performance. DepEd Assistant Secretary Joyce Andaya told DZRH News program…
‘Pasado, but not exceptional’: UP NCPAG dean gives Marcos a passing grade, but notes agriculture sector remains his biggest failure
University of the Philippines (UP) National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) Dean Dr. Kristoffer Berse gave President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. a passing grade at the four-year mark of his presidency—but stopped short of calling his performance exceptional, saying there are still…
Repairs underway on four damaged Visayas power plants as gov’t races to restore 600 MW, says Palace
The government is working to restore nearly 600 megawatts of lost power capacity in the Visayas after four power plants went on forced outage, with repairs expected to be completed within the next few weeks to months, a senior Palace official said Saturday. Undersecretary Erwin Sta. Ana of the…
Palace explores new rice measures as inflation hits 15.6%, bio-fertilizers and Kadiwa expansion among options
The government is exploring new interventions to bring down rice prices after year-on-year rice inflation climbed to 15.6% in May, with bio-fertilizers and the expansion of Kadiwa centers among the measures being considered, a senior Palace official said Saturday. Undersecretary Erwin Sta. Ana of…
PNOC’s Bataan property eyed as site for Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Maharlika Fund to help finance it: Palace
The government is eyeing a property owned by the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) in Bataan as the site for the country’s first Strategic Petroleum Reserve, with the Maharlika Investment Corporation set to help finance the initiative, a senior Palace official revealed Saturday.…
Gov’t fuel discount for PUVs now nationwide, available at over 5,000 gas stations: Palace official
The government’s ₱10-per-liter fuel discount program for public utility vehicles has expanded from a pilot run in Metro Manila to nationwide coverage, with more than 5,000 gas stations now participating, a senior Palace official said Saturday, June 6. Undersecretary Erwin Sta. Ana of the Office of…
DENR, Solicitor General moving to file cases over Navotas landfill fire
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Office of the Solicitor General are moving to file cases stemming from the Navotas sanitary landfill fire, with meetings already held with Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe herself, a DENR official said Saturday, June 6. DENR…
‘Hindi tumitigil sa pagtulong sa Maynila’: Isko lauds PBBM as ₱88.5-M in Presidential scholarships reach 4,426 Manila graduating students
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…
How Ariel Nepomuceno is taking on corruption, patronage, and resistance at the Customs bureau
When Ariel Nepomuceno took over the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in July last year, he knew what he was walking into. The bureau had long carried a reputation for corruption so entrenched that even the mention of reform invited skepticism. His response was immediate—and deliberate. “‘Yung mga ayaw…
Customs moving to clear 42,000 stranded OFW balikbayan boxes, suing cargo firms responsible for abandoned shipments
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is working to deliver tens of thousands of balikbayan boxes sent by overseas Filipino workers that were left stranded at Philippine ports after several cargo companies abandoned the shipments without paying the required duties, taxes, and port charges. In an interview…