IKOT.PH
Senator Chiz Escudero wants to slash P250.8 billion in flood control projects from the P881.3 billion proposed spending plan of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for 2026, saying this allocation should be rechanneled to health, education, and food production. According to Escudero, the nearly quarter-trillion-peso proposed funding for flood control projects accounts […]
The use of neo-ethnic Philippine textiles in the academic regalia of all state universities and colleges and local universities and colleges will be required if a measure being pushed by Solid North Party-list is passed into law. According to Rep. Ching Bernos, House BIll No. 3111, or the Philippine Neo-Ethnic Textile Development bill, would help […]
Access to quality, affordable healthcare is a right that should not be denied to the people of Abra. This according to Abra lone district Rep. JB Bernos and SOLID NORTH Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos, who have filed a measure to upgrade and expand the province’s healthcare system, citing the urgent need to bring critical medical […]
House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), under its new leadership, to overhaul its ₱250.8-billion flood control plan for 2026, saying billions of pesos have been poured into projects that fail to protect the provinces most vulnerable to flooding. During the House committee on appropriations hearing, Libanan […]
Manileños suffering from heart ailments no longer need to spend thousands of pesos for costly procedures, as the City of Manila opens its first-ever Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) at the Ospital ng Maynila.Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso announced the development during his latest Yorme’s Hour broadcast, calling it a major milestone in the city’s commitment […]
Senator Bong Go, during the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) briefing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 national budget held recently, pressed government officials on the plight of indigent senior citizens who remain excluded from the social pension program despite existing appropriations. Go, who was one of the co-authors of Republic Act No. 11916 which […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan issued a strong warning to abusive and negligent officials in light of the continuing flood control problems in the country. In an interview, the chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture expressed his frustration over the failure of flood control projects, stressing how these directly impact agriculture. “Noong umulan, nasira yung flood […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero is confident that more foreign investors will look at the Philippines as an ideal investment destination with the enactment of a law that extends their land lease contract to 99 years. The new law, principally authored by Escudero during the 19th Congress, was signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. […]
Negros Occidental Governor Bong Lacson, together with 303rd Brigade Commander BGen. Ted Dumosmog and Provincial Planning and Development Office OIC Anna Marie Lucasan, led the ceremonial turnover of Provincial Peace and Order–funded projects to beneficiaries during a program held at the Capitol Social Hall. Highlighting the activity was the distribution of more than ₱1 million […]
Senior citizens in Manila now have more reasons to celebrate, with Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso surprising them with the return of the city’s birthday cake tradition.Domagoso recently visited the home of 87-year-old celebrant, Lola Consolacion Villanueva, in Tondo to surprise her with a birthday cake and extend his warm greetings. According to the mayor, Manila’s […]