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House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (Photo courtesy of Office of Speaker) MANILA - Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday said congressional deliberations on the proposed Constitutional amendments are more focused now on the need to encourage investments that would further stimulate economic activities, create job opportunities, reduce poverty and lower prices of goods and services. "Thirty-six years after the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, there are questions that linger in our minds. As we gathered here today, we continue to ponder. Is the Constitution still relevant to our people as they envisioned it to be? Is it still reflective of the aspirations and ideals of the Filipino people? Nilalaman pa rin ba nito ang pangarap ng bawat pamilyang Pilipino (Does it still embody the aspiration of every Filipino family)?" Romualdez said in his speech at Malacanan Palace during observation of the Philippine Constitution Day. He said he and other House memb ....
PROMOTION SYSTEM. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. poses for a photo opportunity with newly sworn in Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) generals and flag officers at Malacanan Palace on Tuesday (Feb. 7, 2023). Marcos said he wants to "rationalize" the AFP promotion system. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the President) MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said he wants to "rationalize" the promotion system in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He made this remark after administering the oath of office to 77 newly appointed and promoted AFP generals and flag officers at Malacanan Palace on Monday. This is the first time that happened since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country in 2020. "'Yung promotion, SOP [standard operating procedure] na 'yan (Promotion is already SOP). That's why we did what we did earlier to normalize and I used the word rationalize 'yung promotions system na ginawa sa AFP (the promotions system ....
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ENERGIZED. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (left) meets with San Ignacio Energy Resources Development Corporation executives who gave him a briefing on the 440-megawatt Peak Solar Power Project at Malacanan Palace in Manila on Feb. 1, 2023. The company will begin construction next year on a 400-hectare land in Ilagan City, Isabela. (Courtesy of Office of the President) MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has welcomed the approval of the construction of a 440-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Ilagan City, Isabela province that is expected to boost the administration's renewable energy thrust and local job generation. Marcos was elated after officials of the San Ignacio Energy Resources Development Corp. (SIERDC), the main implementer, briefed him on the project in Malacanan Palace this week, according to Sunday's news release from the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). The Department of Energy greenlit the construction of the solar farm project in December last year. S ....
STRONG QUAKE. Products are strewn on the floor of a grocery store in Montevista town, Davao de Oro, following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck the province at around 6:44 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 1, 2023). The quake's epicenter was in neighboring New Bataan town. (Photo courtesy of Sanchai Alfornon) MANILA - The United States on Thursday expressed readiness to provide humanitarian assistance to the earthquake victims in New Bataan, Davao de Oro. This, as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, in his meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at Malacanan Palace in Manila, expressed sympathy to the Philippines after magnitude 6 earthquake rocked New Bataan, Davao de Oro on Wednesday night. "Let me begin by saying that we're very sorry to learn that yesterday that there was an earthquake that happened in Mindanao," Austin told Marcos. "We stand ready to help in any way that we can. And again, I think our AID (Agency for International Development) personnel ar ....