Day: August 1, 2023

Relief efforts have been stepped up in flood-hit areas in Region 3 (Central Luzon) to assist hundreds of thousands of residents still reeling from the effects of Typhoon Egay and the enhanced southwest monsoon. Concerned government agencies such as th…

A week after being recognized by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his second State of the Nation Address for its record high home loans in 2022, Pag-IBIG Fund has again set a new record in home loans released for the first half of 2023, the agency…

Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday cited the importance of revenue collection in attaining the government’s target. In his speech during the 119th anniversary celebration of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at the Philippine Internationa…

It’s been a year since Maria Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga has moved out from the ivory tower, as it were, down to the frontlines — to lead the fight to preserve and protect what remains of the country’s natural resources. In keeping perhaps with her p…

The latest in a series of high-profile environmental protests saw climate activists smear fake blood last week on the Olympic Rings monument in front of the Paris town hall. The Youth for Climate (YFC) group, also known as “Fridays For Future,” protes…

The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 206 has ordered three witnesses in the remaining drug case against former senator Leila de Lima to testify in court when hearings resume in September and October. The court issued the order after the pr…