EXPERT URGES SHIFT FROM FLOOD ‘CONTROL’ TO ‘MANAGEMENT’ AMID METRO MANILA DELUGES
Following severe localized thunderstorms that submerged parts of Metro Manila last week, a leading disaster scientist called for an urgent…
HOUSE PANEL APPROVES BILL LOWERING GOV’T WORKERS’ OPTIONAL RETIREMENT AGE TO 56
A legislative measure that seeks to lower the optional retirement age for government employees—including public school teachers—from 60 to 56…
PNP DIGS IN FOR RAINY SEASON; ORDERS NATIONWIDE DISASTER READINESS
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has placed all its units across the country on high alert, ordering the immediate activation…
ESTRADA PUSHES FOR 5% MANDATORY DISCOUNT FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS
A new legislative measure aims to ease the financial burden on low-income Filipino students by granting them a mandatory five…
HOUSE OKAYS 38 BILLS ON SECOND READING; ANTI-DYNASTY, EMERGENCY RESILIENCY MEASURES FORWARDED
The House of Representatives has advanced 38 legislative measures on second reading, signaling what House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III…
LACSON WARNS OF FRESH SENATE COUP AMID UNSTABLE LEADERSHIP
A fresh wave of efforts to stage another Senate leadership coup is actively “in the works,” Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson…