September, 2025

• 22 September

  DBM warns public against scam using Pangandaman’s name

  

  Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Friday cautioned the public against scammers posing as Department of Budget and Management (DBM) employees and using her name to solicit money. “We strongly condemn this kind of deception. No one is authorized by the DBM to solicit or collect money for any transaction,” Pangandaman said, urging the public to immediately report such attempts to …

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• 22 September

  BI deports 91 Chinese linked to illegal POGOs, mining

  

  The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Friday deported 91 Chinese nationals arrested for working in unauthorized Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs and illegal mining operations. BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said the group left aboard a Philippine Airlines flight to China via Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City on Sept. 19. The deportation was arranged with …

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• 22 September

  3G phaseout by end-September, 2G shutdown underway to curb scams

  

  The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced that 3G networks in the country will be fully phased out by the end of September, while the shutdown of 2G networks is ongoing to prevent their use in scams and other illegal activities. DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said in a press briefing Friday night that DITO Telecommunity and Globe Telecom …

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• 22 September

  DMW: OFW lounges here to stay, expansion underway

  

  Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac on Friday denied rumors that overseas Filipino worker (OFW) lounges in airports will cease operations, assuring instead that the government is set to expand and upgrade the facilities nationwide. “We are denying what is circulating on social media that the OFW Lounge will stop operating. No, these lounges have already served 1.5 million,” Cacdac …

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• 22 September

  Malaysia backs Phl push to become regional halal hub

  

  Malaysia is ready to fully support the Philippines in strengthening its halal industry and carving a niche in the multibillion-dollar global market, its envoy to Manila said Friday. Malaysian Ambassador Dato’ Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino lauded the progress of the Philippine Halal Development Strategic Plan during the Foreign Service Institute’s Ambassadors’ Lecture Series in Pasay City. “Malaysia, of course, is …

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• 22 September

  Palace slams VP Sara’s ‘illegal, dangerous’ call to kidnap solon

  

  Malacañang on Friday denounced Vice President Sara Duterte’s remark urging the kidnapping of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co, calling it both “illegal and dangerous.” “Ang payo niya is pa-kidnap si Zaldy Co… illegal iyon. So, ganoon ba magbibigay ng suggestion ang isang bise presidente – ang gumawa ng iligal? Delikado iyon,” Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in …

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• 22 September

  Ex-Surigao solon praises Romualdez for ‘selfless’ exit as speaker

  

  A former lawmaker from Mindanao lauded ex-Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Friday for voluntarily stepping down from his post to preserve the integrity of the House of Representatives and allow the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) to freely investigate alleged anomalies in government projects. Former Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, now Romualdez’s chief communications officer, said the move …

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• 22 September

  Lacson says proof needed to back alleged flood control kickbacks

  

  Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Friday said the Blue Ribbon Committee is waiting for “receipts” to substantiate claims that Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva pocketed commissions from flood control projects. Lacson, who chairs the panel, stressed that former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer Brice Hernandez must present documentary proof before the Senate or the …

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• 22 September

  Security Bank Foundation and the Department of Education strengthen educator training nationwide

  

  Makati, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd), Security Bank Foundation, Inc. (SBFI), and Security Bank Corporation have formalized a partnership to expand SBFI’s Mentoring Future Leaders for Nation-Building program, a three-year training initiative for teachers and school principals. Under the agreement, DepEd will endorse qualified applicants, grant learning and development credits, monitor action plans, and provide essential data to …

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• 22 September

  GSIS chief Veloso back to work as Ombudsman lifts suspension

  

  Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Jose Arnulfo Veloso on Friday welcomed the lifting of his preventive suspension, saying he is ready to resume his duties. In a statement, Veloso said the Ombudsman’s Sept. 17 decision affirmed there was no sufficient ground to believe his continued service would prejudice the ongoing investigation into a PHP1.4-billion stock purchase …

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