Senator Joel Villanueva, along with several colleagues, is advocating for an increase in the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), currently pegged at P733 million as approved by the House of Representatives under the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). Villanueva confirmed his stance during an interview in Bocaue, Bulacan, on Friday, where he attended a …
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The government is carefully evaluating its course of action in response to the Supreme Court’s (SC) recent decision upholding the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) while excluding Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “We’re still studying it,” President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Friday, addressing calls to suspend the BARMM parliamentary elections scheduled …
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The defense partnership between the Philippines and Japan continues to grow stronger following a high-level meeting between the two countries’ top defense officials on Friday. Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. met with Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and the 11th ADMM Plus in …
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. received United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during his fourth visit to the Philippines on November 18, 2024. They celebrated the remarkable strides the United States and the Philippines have made to expand and modernize the alliance and reinforced their shared vision for a …
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported the interception of a female trafficking victim and two international fugitives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City recently. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado disclosed that a 20-year-old female passenger was stopped on November 14 while attempting to leave for Nagoya, Japan, using a fraudulent Commission on Filipino Overseas …
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The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has teamed up with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to bolster skills training and improve the employability of Filipino workers, the agency announced Friday. The collaboration aims to create a more unified approach to employment facilitation, skills development, and labor market information, aligning with the objectives of the Philippine Development …
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The defense relationship between the Philippines and Japan continues to grow stronger, as demonstrated by the recent meeting between Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen. Held on the sidelines of the 18th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) in Vientiane, Laos, the talks reflect a deepening collaboration that could shape the …
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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has cleared three transmission projects of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) worth around P38.09 billion. In separate resolutions, the ERC approved the development of the P17.09-billion Bolo-Balaoan 500-kilovolt transmission line project, the P16.8-billion Northern Luzon 230-kV loop project and the P4.2-billion Nabas-Caticlan-Boracay transmission project. The capital expenditure (capex) projects are expected to …
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By Boy Villasanta There’s no stopping the Lopez-Booth nuptial today, November 25, 2024 in Palawan. All roads lead to Pangulasian Island in El Nido for the garden wedding of Filipino actress Mara Lopez, Mara Isabella Lopez Yokohama in real life, and young American businessman Chandler Booth. The Lopezes, led by its matriarch, beauty-queen actress Maria Isabel Lopez, 1982 Binibining Pilipinas-Universe, …
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Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann and PCSO Chairman Felix Reyes will lead the ceremonial tee-off of the “8th Samahang Plaridel Golf 2024” slated on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at the Villamor Air Base Golf Club in Pasay City. Tee off time is 6 a.m. Association of Philippine Journalists-Samahang Plaridel Chairman Rolando Estabillo and President Evelyn Quiroz said the …
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