MANILA, Philippines – Deputy Speakers Jay Khonghun of Zambales and Paolo Ortega V of La Union on Monday lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for appointing 32-year-old Kim Robert de Leon as his new budget secretary. “The President…
MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Ralph Recto on Monday dismissed rumors of an impending Cabinet revamp, saying such claims do not benefit the government or the Filipino people. “At present, there is no impending Cabinet shake-up. Speculation…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has retained his core economic team and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, while replacing two Cabinet officials in a major post-election shake-up following his administration’s poor performance in the recent midterm polls.…
WASHINGTON, United States — Contraction? What contraction? As far as US President Donald Trump and his cabinet were concerned on Wednesday all was well with the economy — and with everything else too. News that the US…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet has recommended a reduced curfew to only four hours as the country aims to gradually jumpstart the economy amid the pandemic, Malacañang said Wednesday. From the prevailing policy of 10…
Abraham Lincoln, a statesman but also a practical politician, once described the problems of the presidency when it came to patronage in these terms: “Too many piglets, too few teats.” To become Speaker of the House requires…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte urged telecommunication companies to report to his Cabinet members those involved in delaying the processing of permits for building cell sites / towers. “Alam mo ‘you can ask [Senator] Bong [Go],…
A DAUGHTER of farmers from Argao town in southern Cebu will have a better shot at continuing her studies in Education after she was recognized as one of the four students of Cebu Normal University (CNU) to…
President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday that he will be firing two more Cabinet officials anytime soon. In a speech during the opening ceremonies of the Philippine National Games 2018 in Cebu City, the president said he…
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar is the lone billionaire in the Duterte Cabinet with a P1.409 billion net worth, his latest Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (SALN) showed. Malacañang released Thursday SALNs of the Cabinet…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has renewed the ad interim appointment of four Cabinet secretaries who have yet to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments. Duterte has reappointed Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano,…
MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo was eased out of the Cabinet because President Duterte and his allies did not want to give the highest-ranking member of the Liberal Party (LP) access to the administration’s “secret plans.”…
