Digitalization crucial vs corruption – Bersamin
EXECUTIVE Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Saturday that digitalization is crucial to the streamlining of government processes and the fight against corruption.
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PH registers record-high rice production in 2023
(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Saturday that the Philippines produced a record-high 20 million metric tons (MT) of rice last year, which is 1.5 percent higher than the country's rice production in the same period in 2022.
Marcos pushes solar-powered irrigation program
MANILA, Philippines — The government will undertake a nationwide solar-powered irrigation program to help achieve its goal of rice self-sufficiency, President Marcos announced yesterday.
Senate-House word war: Ceasefire to be observed
MANILA, Philippines — It’s time for a ceasefire between the Senate and the House of Representatives after weeks of verbal clashes over the latest push for Charter change.
Sara, private schools meet over curriculum
(UPDATE) THE implementation of the Matatag Curriculum was among the key issues raised by private school heads and associations in their meeting with Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte last January 23.
EDITORIAL — 115th in transparency
With the recent controversy involving secret funds for both national and local government agencies, people may question the improvement, slight as it is at just one notch, in the Philippines’ ranking in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Ping blasts flip-flopping Vice President Sara accuser
MANILA, Philippines — Coming from a “flip-flopping witness,” the accusation of retired police officer Arturo Lascañas against Vice President Sara Duterte linking her to extrajudicial killings in Davao City lacks credibility and “cannot withstand the standards of a fair trial,” former senator Panfilo Lacson said yesterday.
BARMM leaders buck Duterte’s secession call
MANILA, Philippines — Leaders of different sectors in the Bangsamoro region yesterday rejected former president Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Mindanao independence, asserting that they will never ruin the gains of their peace process with the national government.