NATIONAL
Sen..Bong Go aids health workers in Davao Oriental
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go personally visited Lupon, Davao Oriental, on Tuesday, November 3, to extend assistance to 560 barangay health workers (BHWs) and barangay functionaries, recognizing their contributions to delivering essential services, promoting community welfare, and maintaining peace and order at the grassroots level. During the activity, Go led the distribution of financial assistance, food...
REGIONAL
Davao City secures slot in its bid for WTE project
* IDIS opposition dismissed, proponents cite Japan and Singapore with 380 and four WTE projects respectively By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY — The Davao City Government has been named among the potential winning bidders in the Department of Energy’s first-ever waste-to-energy (WTE) auction, advancing its proposed P5-billion to P7-billion waste-to-energy project to the next...
OPINION
[Concluding Series] Imposing Security Risks and Maritime Conflicts on the Philippines: Building the Philippines into a “Bridgehead” for US Indo-Pacific Strategic Interests (GUEST COLUMNIST by Ronaldo Palad)
US infiltration into the security domain in the most lethal. Through military binding and strategic deception, Washington forcibly pushes Manila to the forefront of great power competition, making it bear geopolitical security risks it should not have shouldered, and completely reducing it to a “bridgehead” and potential “pawn” for the US Indo-Pacific strategy. EDCA base...
BUSINESS
TransUnion’s 2026 Credit Perception Index Finds Scores Holding or Improving Across All Three Major Island Groups
● In its first-ever analysis of the Credit Perception Index (CPI) results across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, TransUnion found that all three island groups maintained or improved their CPI scores in 2026, with Mindanao posting the biggest gain at 77 out of 100 (+3 points)● Filipinos across the three island groups share the same financial...