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Leftist lawmakers lauded their colleagues in the House of Representatives for the “small positive step” of realigning P77.5 billion from the still-pending P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. But they urged congressmen to do more by realigning P9.29 billion in confidential and intelligence funds and the remaining budget of the National Task Force to End Local…

Have you gone back to the office or are you still working remotely? If you’re the latter, consider yourself lucky. The pandemic upended the way we do most things, especially our professional lives, and the most fortunate employees are the ones that allow them flexible work arrangements.  And if you’re really lucky, you can actually fly off…

Filipinos now have a debt of over P127,000 each, which will be paid in the form of taxes, as the country’s debt grows after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. borrowed another $2 billion from foreign lenders. This is on top of the P13.02-trillion debt the government has incurred as of end-August. According to Freedom from Debt Coalition…

As the public awaits the announcement as to who would the next press secretary be, Malacañang confirmed that Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairperson Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil is now the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said this a day after President Marcos said that the…

Recent international sorties by President Marcos and his economic team appeared to bear fruit as the government raised a total of $2 billion in commercial bonds on Thursday, just a day after launching them in the global market despite volatile conditions. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said the transactions cover $500 million in five-year…

President Marcos on Wednesday administered the oath of office to the newly appointed executive director of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), amid various issues with the task force. Marcos swore in Executive Director Emmanuel Salamat in Malacañang. The controversial task force has seen opposition and controversies amid various issues…

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama has assured residents in Barangay Apas that he will discuss possible remedies with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia following the turnover of lots from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Visayas Command to the Cebu Provincial Government. This, as Garcia began negotiations with the Department of National Defense (DND) on the…

The number of jobless Filipinos rose in August this year as recent graduates who joined the labor market had a hard time to get employment, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed. Based on the PSA preliminary results of the Labor Force Survey released on Thursday, Oct. 6, the country’s unemployment rate settled at…