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Foreign governments air alarm over PH media killings

Foreign governments air alarm over PH media killings

Several governments from Europe and North America took a rare collective stand against media killings in the Philippines by urging law enforcers to deliver swift justice to the assassins of veteran broadcaster Percival Mabasa, the second journalist murdered under the [...]

October 6, 2022 News
DBM okays P11.5B for health workers

DBM okays P11.5B for health workers

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday approved the release of P11.5 billion to fund the unpaid allowance of 1.6 million health care workers (HCW). The DBM said the money will cover the unfunded portion of some 2,613,331 [...]

October 6, 2022 News
September inflation quickens to 6.9%

September inflation quickens to 6.9%

The country’s headline inflation rate rose to 6.9 percent in September, significantly higher than the 6.3 percent in August this year. This is the highest recorded inflation since October 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. September [...]

October 6, 2022 Business
Marcos to DENR: Climate change agenda is top gov’t priority

Marcos to DENR: Climate change agenda is top gov’t priority

The country’s resiliency and adaptation to the challenges pose by climate change will be on top of the administration’s national agenda, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assured. Speaking at the 2022 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Multi-Stakeholder Forum [...]

October 6, 2022 Headlines
Lower power rates expected

Lower power rates expected

Consumers are expected to benefit from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)’s reset of power transmission rates, with households consuming 200 kilowatt hours seen saving as much as P47.52 in their monthly electricity bills. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, vice chairman of the [...]

October 6, 2022 News
Presidents were fair game for slain radioman-vlogger

Presidents were fair game for slain radioman-vlogger

The Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation are separately investigating the killing of a radio broadcaster and vlogger who was known for his sharp criticisms of former President Rodrigo Duterte and the policies and officials under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., officials [...]

October 5, 2022 News
Register Your SIM or Risk Deactivation, Filipinos Urged

Register Your SIM or Risk Deactivation, Filipinos Urged

With Filipinos plagued daily by spam text messages, the Lower and Upper House have introduced the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act, which could be the first law to be signed and enacted by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. It hopes [...]

October 5, 2022 News
Capitol recovers Centcom lots; 5,000 families face loss of homes

Capitol recovers Centcom lots; 5,000 families face loss of homes

CLOSE to 5,000 households living in 10 sitios in Barangay Apas, Cebu City could lose their homes after officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) turned over the titles of 17.5 [...]

October 5, 2022 News
Press Secretary Angeles resigns due to ‘health reasons’

Press Secretary Angeles resigns due to ‘health reasons’

Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles has stepped down from her post, Malacañang said on Tuesday, Oct. 4 Angeles tendered her resignation on Tuesday, Oct. 4, due to health reasons. This was confirmed by Angeles herself and two other Palace officials. “I [...]

October 5, 2022 News
P1.04 billion released for health workers’ allowance

P1.04 billion released for health workers’ allowance

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P1.04 billion in COVID allowance for over 55,000 health care workers in the country. Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman approved the release of P1.04 billion to the Department of Health (DOH) to [...]

October 5, 2022 Headlines