Month May 2022

MANILA, Philippines — Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday encouraged all public and private schools to return to holding in-person classes for the upcoming School Year 2022-23. At present, the DepEd chief said around 73 percent of… Continue Reading →

MANILA – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday said President Rodrigo Duterte asked him to continue the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign. Marcos revealed that during the meetings he had with Duterte prior to the May 9 polls, the outgoing president… Continue Reading →

In his first foreign policy pronouncement since being proclaimed president-elect, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he would uphold a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that favored Manila’s diplomatic protest against Beijing’s sweeping claims in… Continue Reading →

MANILA, Philippines — Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was proclaimed as the country’s 17th president on Wednesday, 36 years and three months since his family hastily evacuated Malacañang Palace after the fall of his father’s dictatorship, bringing both the hope of unity… Continue Reading →