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By Mike G. Jamisola  The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) are looking into the possibility of tapping qualified senior citizens to perform regular duties as volunteer teachers to help solve the country’s acute teacher shortage problem. NCSC Chairman Franklin Quijano said a good number of qualified and able older persons who are knowledgeable …

Calbayog Water Co., Inc. (CBCI) one of the operating units of Manila Water in the Visayas region boosts the Calbayog Pan-as Hayiban Protected Landscape with the planting of hundreds of tree seedlings on more than a hectare of land adjacent to the protected area. In partnership with Calbayog City Water District (CCWD) and in coordination with the City Environment & …

The Department of Health-Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD), the principal health agency in the National Capital Region (NCR), and MYEG Philippines (MYEG PH), a market leader in electronic solutions championing government services online automation both in the Philippines and in Malaysia and a leading e-payment processing provider with 90,000 payment channels nationwide from cash payment options, credit cards, …

By Riza Lozada The inauguration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. was secured by some 2,300 personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine National Police who ensured a smooth ceremony that Marcos Jr. wanted to be simple. The new President’s mother and former First Lady, Imelda, was clearly delighted to see street sweepers …

By Riza Lozada During his inaugural address, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. commits to come up with comprehensive plans that would improve the lives of the Filipino people. “Ang pangarap nyo ay pangarap ko,” he said. The President said these plans will be inclusive, centering on the improvement of the agriculture sector. He said the country’s agriculture had long been …

By Riza Lozada The Philippines’ 17th President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. took his oath of office exactly noon of June 30 before Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, witnessed by Marcos’ wife and children. The formal oath-taking was preceded by Senate President Vicente Sottto III reading part of Senate Resolution that officially proclaimed the president and vice president. The dispositive …

New appointments to the Cabinet of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. were announced. They are: former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile as presidential legal counsel; outgoing Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra as solicitor general; and former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. as officer-in-charge of the Department of National Defense.  Enrile, 98, who was instrumental to the …

By Jesse C. Ong The Independent Electricity Mar­ket Operator of the Philippines, Inc. (IEMOP) is seeking a thor­ough review by the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) operations and management pol­icies to end all speculations of graft and mismanagement by its detractors. IEMOP President & CEO Atty. Richard J. Nethercott yesterday said that it is …

“The agriculture sector made the smallest contribution to the country’s economic growth compared to other industries, according to the Philip- pine Statistics Authority (PSA). PSA said agriculture, forestry and fishing’s (AFF) contribution to the country’s gross domestic product in 2021 was equivalent to a share of 9.6% against 10.2% a year ago. This compares poorly to the 60.5% share and …

President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s campaign promise to lower the price of rice to P20 per kilo is “not possible” in the near-term, according to incoming Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III. “I don’t think it is [possible] in the very near future; it’s not possible. But you know how technology is,” he added, hinting that rice selling at P20 …