*For patients and patient watchers Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go renewed attention to the often-overlooked role of patient watchers, emphasizing that the burden of illness extends beyond those confined in hospital beds to the relatives who remain by their side day and night. The senator underscored that families who take turns as designated bantay—whether a spouse,…
Indeed, it is a happy New Year—but only for those fortunate enough to be blessed by political affiliation. For ordinary citizens, this raises an old but uncomfortable question: What is the true role of a district representative? Is it to craft laws that genuinely uplift the lives of constituents, strengthen institutions, and protect public welfare?…
In Photo: Representatives from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Maldives, Vietnam, and the Solomon Islands — from government, academe, and NGOs — gathered in Iloilo City for the Asia Regional Large-Scale MPA Workshop, organized by ZSL Philippines with the Blue Nature Alliance and Big Ocean, to share insights and advance science-based, community-driven marine conservation. Photo…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – The Department of Budget and Management has declared the City Government of Davao’s CY 2025 Supplemental Budget No. 1, amounting to P960,863,872.27, “operative in its entirety.” Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the Committee on Finance, made the announcement during the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos media forum on Tuesday afternoon at…
TACLOBAN CITY — Coming off the heels of the recent Bar Examinations, the Dr. V. Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation (DVOREF) College of Law is celebrating a historic milestone as it officially joins the ranks of the country’s top-tier legal institutions. According to data released by the Supreme Court on January 7, 2026, DVOREF emerged as…
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…
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…
