In Photo: LSB representatives interact with teachers during the Palarong Pambansa 2025,highlighting the bank’s continued support for educators through financial services. Teachers play a vital role not only in shaping young minds but also in building stronger, more resilient communities. Recognizing their invaluable contributions, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), through its subsidiary Legazpi…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Nearly half of Filipinos expressed dissatisfaction with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s performance in the final quarter of the year. At the same time, Vice President Sara Duterte continued to post majority approval and trust ratings, according to a year-end survey by Pulse Asia on Tuesday, December 30. The December…
Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Antonio Lagdameo Jr. denies claim he meddles in the projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), which were allegedly seen from the files of the late Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral of DPWH. Secretary Lagdameo said his office is not an implementing agency, adding that it has…
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go’s Malasakit Team organized a distribution activity for 50 displaced workers at Balay Panaghiusa in Asuncion, Davao del Norte on Wednesday, February 21. Acknowledging the adverse effects of the global pandemic on the livelihoods of Filipinos, especially those in need, Go has introduced Senate Bill No. (SBN) 420. This proposed legislation seeks…
In Photo: Junio Brahman bulls in the Victa Ranch of Mexico, Pampanga. Bright Prospects For Cattle Farming In 2026 As Global Production Drops By 1.5% & US Beef Prices Hit $9/Lb! Cattle Farming, whether commodity breeds like Brahman and Hybrids or the Premium Wagyu, offers the best opportunities for Filipino farmers for 2026 because of…
Pres. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. is in the dumps. Closely following the Social Weather Station (SWS) Trust rating survey done in mid-December which showed a -3% (negative 3 percent) result, is Pulse Asia yearend survey which reaffirmed the Filipinos pessimism over the President’s performance. The net Trust Rating of Marcos was even more telling at…
The growing reliance on “presidential urgency” has ceased to be an exception and has quietly become a governing shortcut—one that endangers the very architecture of democratic accountability. What was once justified as a tool for crisis response is now repeatedly invoked to hurry legislation past scrutiny, compress deliberation, and neutralize the checks that separate lawful…
As the country stands at the edge of 2026, one truth weighs heavier than fireworks and forced optimism: 2025 was a year when scandal lost its shock value—and accountability quietly went missing. From the very top, power moved as if insulated from consequence. The President, the First Lady, the First Family, favored relatives and cousins,…
Former Senator Franklin Drilon pointed out a troubling and unprecedented development in the country’s budget process: a sitting President openly siding with one chamber of Congress during budget deliberations. The President’s statement favoring the restoration of the ₱45-billion cut from the DPWH budget goes beyond concern or preference. It constitutes direct intervention in a process…
Europe is home to the best and most beautiful markets in the world. That’s why I made sure that I get to visit as many Christmas Markets as I could while we’re here in Germany. So far, I have visited six. Each one offers its unique holiday warmth, charm and atmosphere. But I have to…
