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Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday called for an immediate congressional briefing from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on the recent cyberattacks on several Philippine government websites purportedly from Chinese hackers, saying this is an issue of national security. “The revelation that hackers, suspected to be operating from China, have infiltrated the email systems and internal websites of …

Staying true to its mandate of helping those who are in need, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) conducted a series of relief and aid missions for hundreds of individuals and families around the country recently. On February 1, 2024, the state gaming firm distributed more than 400 food and non-food relief packs to hundreds of fire victims in …

After years of waiting, employees of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation should have their salaries aligned with other GOCCs after the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) committed to issue an Authority to Implement (ATI) for PAGCOR’s new Compensation and Position Classification System or CPCS. PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco said that the GCG commitment to issue an …

East Zone concessionaire Manila Water bares the schedule of its monthly desludging caravan for February. Residential customers from Barangay Botocan, Malaya, Socorro, and Vasra in Quezon City; Sta. Cruz and Bambang in Pasig City; Bagong Silang and Harapin ang Bukas in Mandaluyong City; Rizal in Makati City; and Cupang in Antipolo City may coordinate with their respective barangay councils or …

The agrarian reform and transportation departments vowed Sunday to further improve their services under the “Bagong Pilipinas” Campaign being spearheaded by the Marcos administration. Speaking during the kick-off rally for the Bagong Pilipinas campaign at the Quirino Grandstand, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado Estrella III said they distributed in the past more than 10,000 hectares of lands to …

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan is confident that the fourth quarter of 2023 will be an improvement of the 5.9 percent expansion posted during the third quarter. “I haven’t seen the numbers but [I] hope it will be good, because our leading indicators are good [like the] labor market,” Balisacan told reporters on the sidelines of …

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Mel Robles on Monday said they are opening their doors to members of the Senate Committee on Games and Amusements, for them to observe how the lotto games are being done and come up with an objective conclusion and recommendations on the matter. GM Robles explained they are confident that their lottery processes …

Scientists from the University of the Philippines – Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) have transformed the anticancer compound deguelin into a novel class of compounds that show promise as safer and more effective treatments for colon, lung, and breast cancer. Originally used as a pesticide and fish poison, concerns arose regarding the safety of administering deguelin to humans once it …

RESIDENTS from two Batangas towns who were displaced by the eruption of Taal Volcano four years ago now have the opportunity to rebuild their lives with the inauguration of two housing projects funded by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR). The PAGCOR Village Housing projects in Balete and Taal were inaugurated on January 19 and 20, respectively, shortly after …

Jess Lim Arranza, president of the Federation of Philippine Industries, Inc., is calling for an ocular inspection of two illegal lead smelting operations on the river that traverses San Simon, Pampanga.  At a meeting with members of the Capampangan in Media Inc. or CAMI, Arranza played a videoconference he had with Barangay Chairman Raul Mangay, whose constituents had been complaining …