The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will shortly deport to China a wanted 60-year-old Chinese national wanted who has long misrepresented himself as a Chinoy or Chinese-Filipino. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Tai Fang Ching was arrested last May 16 along F.B. Harrison Street in Ermita, Manila by BI intelligence division agents. “Aliens who flaunt and make a mockery of our immigration and citizenship laws…
In an effort to foster intergenerational bonding amid issues of generation gap, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched the Apo Ko: Kwento ni Lolo’t Lola, Gabay ng Kabataan Project on Friday (February 20) at the Haven for the Elderly in Tanay, Rizal. The project aims to foster meaningful connections by bridging older…
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday said the City of Taguig has no ghost projects, pointing to the city’s preliminary review of the Hall of Justice being built in Barangay Lower Bicutan. “Dito [sa Taguig] wala kaming sinasanto,” he said. Cayetano made the statement on April 28, 2026 after an inspection of the…
The Department of Finance (DOF) has bared the government strategies referred to as the Growth-Enhancing Actions and Resolutions (GEARs) plan that will ensure the country is on track to achieve a growth-enhancing fiscal consolidation, which in turn will foster an environment conducive to employment-generating investments.Under the GEARS plan, the DOF will act fast on investments…
The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) has approved several measures for inclusion in the Common Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress. This was bared by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri in an interview, following the 3rd LEDAC Meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday. “Mayroon pong additional, dinagdag po ng ating economic team and we committed to…
THE Department of Science and Technology Region 1 (DOST 1), through the Provincial Science and Technology Office – Ilocos Norte (PSTO-IN), convened with the Mayor of Vintar, Richard Degala, on April 15, 2024 in this municipality. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the establishment of a bamboo textile hub and to explore opportunities…
By Nanette Guadalquiver BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government has vowed to strengthen its environmental stewardship to serve as an inspiration to all local government units (LGUs) in the province. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson made the commitment as part of the week-long Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG)-Environmental Management (EM) Governance Area Learning Event…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has identified the regular holidays and special non-working days for the year 2024. In Proclamation No. 368 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin on October 11, it stated that the Department of Labor and Employment shall implement the guidelines for the proclamation. The proclamation shall take effect immediately and…
BATANGAS CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to lead the distribution of the Presidential Assistance for Farmers, Fisherfolk, and their Families to an initial 4,740 farmers and fisherfolk in the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, and Batangas, who were affected by the El Niño phenomenon, on Thursday, July 11. In a press briefing,…
Baguio City — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region 02 further strengthened its efforts in promoting science-based solutions for nutrition and technology transfer through commercialization through the formal signing of three Technology Licensing Agreements (TLAs) during the Ceremonial TLA Signing at the 2025 North Luzon Innovation and Technology Transfer Summit, held at the…
