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In a landmark initiative to bolster the rice supply chain in the Philippines, the Department of Agriculture (DA) of the Philippines and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and the Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) of the Republic of Korea have commenced the implementation of the Korea’s Official Development Aid (ODA) Project on Improving the Rice Supply Chain and Buffer Stocks in the Philippines. This project, a testament to the longstanding friendship between the two nations, aims to ensure the quality of rice seeds and milled rice for distribution and buffer stocks in the country. With a total investment of 4.5 million USD over four years, starting from 2023 to 2026, the project is set to enhance the capacity of rice seed distribution. Key...

Manila, Philippines – Multinational technology company Grab which operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, has confirmed that a number of local employees of the ride-hailing company will be affected by the announced mass layoff. Manila 2nd District Representative and Metro Manila Development Committee Chairman, Congressman Rolando M. Valeriano, reacted with grave concern over the news. He said, “In a position that Grab submitted to us in Congress and in a letter to the Department of Transportation, the company boasted of its commitment to provide a livelihood to thousands of Filipinos but, a few months thereafter, announced a mass lay off?” Congressman Valeriano further called for a warning to be given to the US-publicly...

Noting the substandard and inadequate penal facilities in the country, which resulted in over congestion and subhuman conditions of prisoners, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte together with Benguet Rep. Eric Yap have filed a proposed measure that aims to establish an additional penitentiary system in the country to provide prisoners decent and humane accommodation. “The Constitution vehemently opposes the use of substandard or inadequate penal facilities under subhuman conditions. Despite the said mandate, there are only seven existing correctional facilities in the country which are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor),” Duterte explained. The seven facilities are the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City; the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in...

To say that he “tremendously helped in pushing for” my Vice Presidential bid is acutely inaccurate — an insult to thousands of groups and individuals who incessantly implored me to reconsider an earlier decision not to join national politics. And it was Senator Imee Marcos who eventually persuaded me to run as Vice President — and it was a decision sealed only after President Bongbong Marcos agreed to the conditions I set before running for VP. There was no Speaker Romualdez in the picture. Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. was obviously badly informed or made to believe a lie. Meanwhile, a person who cannot distinguish between attack and humor has no place in politics — especially if one fails to understand that political bickering is just a facet of democracy and should not be used to...