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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) organized a courtesy call for 20 Thai executives with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to encourage Thai investments in the Philippines. These executives are from the agro-industry, banking, cement, chemical, food, energy, real estate and tourism sectors. Some of them represent private sector organizations, namely the Thailand-Philippines Business Council, […]
Newly-elected senators and local officials endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the recent midterm polls took their oaths of office before President Rodrigo Duterte. The mass oath-taking rites were held in Malacañang, a day after Duterte joined the HNP thanksgiving party at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City. The oath-taking rites were […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has revealed the decommissioning by government of 12,000 or close to a third of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) fighters as part of efforts to expedite normalization efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Nograles made the revelation when he recently co-chaired the first meeting of the […]
The country took a step close to establishing a stable, lasting peace in Mindanao with the government fast-tracking normalization efforts beginning with the decommissioning of 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) troops representing close to a third of the MILF combatants. This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Monday co-chaired the first […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed that government is exerting efforts to obtain justice for the 22-man crew of F/B Gem-Vir I, the fishing boat that sank following an encounter with a private Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea, and that several government agencies would be reaching out to extend assistance to the Filipino fishermen. […]
Some winning and losing national candidates in the May 13 mid-term polls have filed their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) before the Campaign Finance Office (CFO) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the last day of the one-month filing period. Data from the CFO revealed that seven out of the 12 newly-elected senators […]
Malacañang has welcomed the passage by the House of Representatives of a bill making the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory for senior high school students. “That’s good news, the President wants that passed,” said Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. The House of Representatives recently voted 167-4-0 to approve the ROTC bill (House Bill 8961) […]
The Department of the Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG-7) has been tapped to help the National Housing Authority (NHA) award housing units to identified “Yolanda” beneficiaries in Cebu. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said 5,272 housing units have been fully completed for victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Cebu, but only 731 of these […]
To quash rumors that President Rodrigo Duterte was reportedly hospitalized, former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go shared photos of himself having a meal with the Chief Executive. Go said the photos were taken at the Bahay ng Pagbabago, formerly called Bahay Pangarap, the President’s residence in the Malacañan Palace. The former Presidential […]
The expected victory of senatorial candidates backed by President Rodrigo Duterte in the midterm elections is proof that Filipinos want the reforms started by his administration to continue, Malacañang said. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the initial assessment after unofficial results released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed at least eight of the current […]