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THE Department of Finance (DOF) said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to sign the P5.77-trillion 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) before flying to Japan next month.  In a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno disclosed that the House of Representatives and the Senate…

FOUR years since its termination under the Duterte administration, peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and representatives of the 54-year-old armed insurgency movement has been revived with the signing of the Oslo Joint Communiqué. In a news conference in Malacañang last Tuesday, Office of…

I WAS invited to be part of the panel of judges that chose the winning parols from the competing entries submitted by different state universities and colleges. They had to be made from recyclable and recycled material — plastic clearly excluded — and had to express in artistic form the theme: Isang Bituin, Isang Mithiin. Many entries were skillfully crafted, but most were not responsive to the theme. What I found truly inspiring though was the fact that state universities and colleges from ...

(UPDATE) THE Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) agreed to hold peace talks anew to end the decades-old conflict, Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Wednesday.

To keep the momentum for economic growth, the Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing for the passage before yearend of three revenue bills which will help the government generate P32 billion.  Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno announced on Tuesday they have asked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to certify as…

MALACAñANG’S declaration of amnesty to rebels and insurgents is considered by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as the country’s chance to achieve lasting peace. A statement issued by the Office of Deputy Speaker Ustadz Abdulkarim Tan Misuari read that extending amnesty to the members of the MNLF by issuing…

'What do we make of the eventual dissolution of the long-standing Duterte Dynasty?'

Units of the Philippine Armed Forces and the Australian Defense Force (ADF) carried out activities in the Philippines' EEZ that were part of the Maritime Cooperative Activity.

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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Louise Liza Araneta-Marcos on Sunday distributed Christmas gifts in Malacañang to more than 1,700 children from youth shelters and orphanages.