Inventor Edgardo Vazquez Honored Among 2025 Exemplary Senior Citizens

On October 15, 2025, the House of Representatives, through the Senior Citizens Party List, held the 2nd Gawad Parangal for Exemplary Senior Citizen 2025 at the Meeting, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) Event Center in Quezon City. The event celebrated the remarkable achievements and lifelong contributions of Filipino senior citizens who have made lasting impacts…

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GOV’T BRINGING ITS SERVICES CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE THROUGH BAGONG PILIPINAS PROGRAM, SAYS PBBM

The administration is bringing government services closer to the people, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared on Saturday as he led the simultaneous launching of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF), the country’s biggest service caravan. The Serbisyo Caravan is aimed at providing major government services to underprivileged Filipinos in various communities across the country….

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Salceda lauds Albay athletes for bagging Palarong Bicol 2025 championship

LEGAZPI CITY — Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has hailed the performance of the Albay sports delegation for winning the 2025 Palarong Bicol championship, a decade or so after his legendary Team Albay lorded over the regional games successively in 2011, 2012 and 2014, when he was governor.  In this year’s recent Palarong Bicol, Albay garnered 76…

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PH auto sales up 8.5% in November

By Kris Crismundo Automotive vehicle sales in November 2024 rose by 8.5 percent year-on-year, reaching 40,898 units compared to 37,683 units in November 2023. The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association attribute the growth figure primarily to hikes in  commercial vehicle sales, which increased by 10.5 percent to 31,062 units from…

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OTC: There will be enough PUVs in unconsolidated routes by February 1

OTC chair Andy Ortega (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc) The Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) has assured on Monday there would be enough public utility vehicles (PUV) operating in all routes nationwide, including those without unconsolidated jeepneys, by February 1. OTC chair Andy Ortega said replacing PUVs that failed to comply with the consolidation requirement of the government is a top priority…

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PH orders Chinese vessels to leave Ayungin ‘immediately’

MANILA – The Philippine government demanded that China remove “immediately” its vessels from the vicinity of Ayungin Shoal after protesting the dangerous maneuvers of the China Coast Guard (CCG) that caused minor damage and injuries to a Filipino resupply mission en on Tuesday morning. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) summoned on Tuesday afternoon Chinese Deputy…

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‘BITBIT’ SCHEME DETECTED, TRAFFICKER INTERCEPTED AT NAIA – BI

PASAY, Philippines—Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco warned the public about another trafficking scheme luring women to work in sex trade abroad. Tansingco shared the latest interception of a female victim last March 22 after she attempted to depart for Kota Kinabalu at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 with her supposed…

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Bivalent vaccine donations ‘not enough’ yet for Pinoy health workers, elderly

The government would need two to three million doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines to protect the vulnerable population, and the donated bivalent vaccines it has already received are not enough yet to meet the required jabs. Infectious diseases expert, Dr. Rontgene Solante took this position in a  recent televised public briefing. He said the 391,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines the country received over…

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NEDA seeks higher budget for Innovation Fund for 2025

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon told media they hope to double their Innovation Fund to P200 million next year from their current P100 million outlay. Edillon shared the information with reporters on the sidelines of the 2024 National Innovation Day Celebration at the Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City. She said that aside from…

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