LIST: Comelec releases names of 66 official 2025 senatorial bets
Oct 16, 2024 · Garcia said the poll body received over 43,000 candidacy papers from those seeking to be elected as senators, party-list representatives, and for different positions in provinces, cities, and municipalities nationwide from 1 to 8 October 2024.
SSS to push contribution hike in 2025 - Manila Standard
Apr 7, 2024 · The Social Security System (SSS) said it will push through with the mandated contribution rate hike by January 2025 to ensure the fund’s long-term financial stability and future benefits of its members.
Two-year amnesty for unpaid property taxes in new law
Jun 14, 2024 · President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday, June 13, 2024, signed into law the Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act (RPVARA), which aims to
UP tops list of 25 Philippine schools in 2025 QS Asia University ...
Nov 10, 2024 · At least 25 Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) recently made it into the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings led by the University of the Philippines (UP), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reported.
Duterte’s seven biggest achievements - Manila Standard
Jul 30, 2021 · Among Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s major achievements, seven stand out. On these achievements alone, he can claim to have been a good president. 1. Tax reform, under Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez, which made the Philippines one …
Sara Duterte 'directly obstructed' Zuleika Lopez's transfer to …
Nov 23, 2024 · Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly blocked the transfer of her chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, to the Women’s Correctional Facility in Mandaluyong, which House Sergeant-at-Arms Napoleon Taas described as “alarming acts of defiance.”
2025 candidates swarm Comelec, 41 party-lists in
Oct 4, 2024 · GRINGO RUNNING ANEW. Former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan has announced his intention to run for the Senate in the May 2025 mid-term elections If elected, Honasan vows to press the passage of a new Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program law, with the current one expiring in 2017.
US Embassy to launch Visa Application Center, more consular info ...
Sep 6, 2024 · The US Embassy in the Philippines is set to open a new Visa Application Center (VAC), launch an updated visa appointment system, and expand call center services to United States citizens in the Philippines starting September 28.
President Marcos delays signing of 2025 budget for further review
Dec 18, 2024 · President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. postponed the signing of the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), which was originally scheduled for December 20.
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1 day ago · Agri chief says move to bring down further rice prices Agriculture Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is pushing for a “food security emergency” declaration before the end of the month to further lower prices of rice.