Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed yesterday to fight and secure funding for the Department of Social Welfare and Development Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program in the 2025 budget, highlighting the program’s impact on more than four million “near poor” Filipinos nationwide.
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Failing to do their part on the floor for the last five games, the University of the East Warriors are now on prayer mode with their chances of advancing outright to the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament Final Four not in their hands. “I told the boys that we need to pray because previously, […]…
Keep on reading: UAAP: ‘Praying’ UE Warriors big Ateneo supporters vs Adamson
Read moreThe Office of Civil Defense lauded the execution of the fourth quarter nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill held in Camiguin on Nov. 14.
Read moreCredit to Author: Delon Porcalla| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
For the first time since they had a falling out, Speaker Martin Romualdez spoke openly about his estranged ally, Vice President Sara Duterte, advising her to face the congressional probe on her alleged misuse of confidential funds.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is still determining if there was enough evidence to disqualify a political aspirant alleged to be the culprit of the irregular voter registrations in Cagayan de Oro City. Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia made the clarification after INQUIRER.net reported on Wednesday that the poll body will disqualify the still-unidentified aspirant, who is a former village chairman. READ: Comelec to sue culprit behind irregular registrants in Cagayan de Oro Garcia clarified that the Comelec en banc only instructed the poll body’s law department “to study the possibility of filing a disqualification petition against […]…
Keep on reading: Comelec to study DQ for Cagayan de Oro bet in registration mess
Read moreCredit to Author: Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
Senate President Francis Escudero and Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. yesterday agreed to work together for the renationalization of the agriculture sector after many of its services were devolved to the local government units.
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Tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan anticipates higher capital spending for his Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) Group next year as the construction of the world’s biggest solar farm in Luzon is in full swing. In a chance interview with reporters, the Meralco chair mentioned that the budget increase for 2025 would be “mainly driven by Terra Solar.” SP New Energy Corp. (SPNEC), the renewable energy vehicle of Meralco PowerGen Corp., leads the development of the solar facility in Nueva Ecija and Bulacan. Designed to be the biggest yet in the global market, it is composed of 3,500 megawatts (MW) of solar panels […]…
Keep on reading: World’s biggest solar farm breaks ground in Luzon
Read moreThe Philippines and New Zealand are deepening their defense ties beyond disaster response to address what both nations see as growing security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
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MANILA, Philippines — Police seized P112.5 million in cash and foreign passports in the safety vaults of Central One Bataan, the business process outsourcing (BPO) firm raided by law enforcement last October 31. In a press briefing at Camp Crame on Thursday, Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said officers opened 12 safety vaults at Central One’s offices in Bagac, Bataan on Wednesday under a new search warrant. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) raided Central One Bataan PH’s offices last October under a search warrant related […]…
Keep on reading: Police seize P112.5M cash, passports at raided Bataan BPO
Read moreCredit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:10:00 +0800
The Philippines and Laos have inked their first defense agreement that would see the two Southeast Asian nations conduct joint military training amid growing regional challenges.
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