BBM Vlog on Feb. 1, 2026. Screen grabbed from Pres. Bongbong Marcos Jr’s video/Facebook. Recognizing the need to administer long-term solutions to solve the massive flooding experienced by the country, the Marcos Jr. administration is eyeing to implement a P351 billion Flood Management Master Plan that would hopefully address the perennial problem. Last week, President…
With climate change and global warming triggering more severe weather conditions across the globe and the Philippines smack in the center of it, it has become necessary for the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) to advance national technological self-reliance through space data utilization initiatives. According to PhilSA director general Dr. Gay Jane Perez, their primary hardware…
A truck-load of violative health products in boxes are unloaded during the Food and Drug Administration’s disposal operation at its Biñan Disposal Facility in Laguna. (Photo courtesy of the FDA) It’s the Department of Health (DOH)’s turn to be accused of corruption as Senator Rafael ‘Raffy’ charged the agency of deliberately buying medicine close to…
Going into the third round of the United States Open, Filipino tennis ace Alexandra ‘Alex’ Eala will once again face a familiar face as she is set to battle tonight her own buddy Iva Jovic to move on the round of 32. Sadly standing in her close friend’s way to advance in this year’s final…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administers the oath to 21 newly promoted Philippine Coast Guard flag officers, including one vice admiral, two rear admirals and 18 commodores, as he calls on them to lead with integrity and uphold their responsibility to the Filipino people. Working with local manufacturers and technical experts to establish local manufacturing for…
Several attempts by foreign internet protocol (IP) addresses to steal seafarers’ biometric data has prompted the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to initiate an upgrade of its aging digital infrastructure. According to Marina’s Management Information Systems Service (MISS), the cyber intrusion has exposed the vulnerabilities of its current information technology (IT) system, thus underscoring the urgent…
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. — American social reformer Frederick Douglass The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced the other day what…
If Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova planned for a repeat victory over her Filipino rival Alexandra ‘Alex’ Eala, she failed dismally as she was overwhelmed by the 21-year-old in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, as the United States Open continued early Friday morning (Manila time). Eala swept Oliynykova off her feet on the hardcourt as Filipino cheers echoed into…
Photo by Reco Alleyne on Pexels.com Counting the potential of the coconut industry and recent successes of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon (Calabarzon) region, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Laguna provincial director Christian Ted Tungohan underscored the need to further support coconut farmers and MSMEs…
DA Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. – Photo courtesy of Department of Agricuture/Facebook. Following the approval of the commercial sale of a Vietnam-made vaccine against the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing ₱1 billion funding to subsidize its ASF vaccination program for backyard hog raisers. In a statement, agriculture…