Marcos, FL back from Brunei
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. returned Sunday night from an overnight visit to Brunei where he and First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos attended the wedding of the son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
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Palace: Indonesia vows to reexamine Veloso case
THE Indonesian government has committed to reexamine the case of convicted Filipina Mary Jane Veloso and wait for the decision of Philippine court on a case that she had filed against her recruiters, Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said yesterday.
DepEd ordered to improve students’ PISA scores
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday directed the Department of Education (DepEd) to exert more efforts to improve the “low ranking and below the minimum level performance” of Filipino students in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
PH, Indonesia vow to enhance ties, cooperation
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. and Indonesian President Joko Widodo yesterday agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation between the Philippines and Indonesia in several areas such as defense and security amid regional challenges, including territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Marcos willing to discuss SMNI issues with Duterte
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. is willing to sit down with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, to discuss the issues surrounding the Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said yesterday.
Indonesia’s Widodo in Manila next week
PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are set to discuss progress in relations between the Philippines and Indonesia relations next week during the latter’s three-day official visit to the country, Malacañang said yesterday.
Feeding program served over 2.7M pre-school kids last year – DSWD
OVER 2.7 million children, between ages two and five years old, benefitted from the different community and school-based supplementary feeding programs (SFPs) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and its partners in 2023.
P10.41B illegal drugs seized last year: PNP
THE Marcos government seized around P10.41 billion worth of illegal drugs from January to December 2023 and cleared more than 27,000 barangays of illegal drugs, a PNP report to President Marcos Jr. revealed.