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There's a bureaucratic gap quietly screwing over millions of overseas Filipino workers — and a new advocacy paper is sounding the alarm. The Department of Labor and Employment's dispute resolution system, called SENA (System for Efficient and Enforceable Negotiated Agreements), was designed to settle labor disputes quickly.
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President Marcos personally witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the Department of Education and 149 city governments on Monday, formalizing a massive push to close the Philippines' staggering 165,000-classroom gap. The message was clear: schools can't wait for decades, and kids can'
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Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon just dropped a department order that could shake the DPWH to its foundations — literally and figuratively. From now on, appointments and promotions in one of the country's biggest and most corruption-prone agencies will be based strictly on performance. No more political referrals. No
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Malacañang had to step in late Saturday night to deny viral social media posts claiming that a "presidential son" was involved in a road harassment incident along the North Luzon Expressway. "There was no such incident involving any presidential son," Presidential Communications Secretary Dave Gomez said
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Get ready to look up, Pilipinas — a total lunar eclipse is happening on March 3, and PAGASA says it will be fully visible from Metro Manila and other parts of the country. The celestial show will last about an hour, giving Filipinos a front-row seat to one of nature'
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The Bureau of Immigration has nabbed yet another Chinese national with the surname "Guo" — and yes, the Alice Guo comparisons are writing themselves. This time, it's 48-year-old Guo Jinjin, arrested on February 17 in Barangay Tawala, Panglao, Bohol, for pretending to be Filipino. According to BI
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. just opened the government's wallet wider than ever for local governments, bumping the Local Government Support Fund to a historic ₱58 billion for 2026 — a whopping ₱34 billion increase from last year's allocation. Speaking at the launch of "Sa Bagong Pilipinas,
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If you’re a student in Metro Manila, good news: a massive wave of class suspensions has been announced for Wednesday, February 25, as the country commemorates the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Major universities have declared academic holidays — Ateneo de Manila called it a ‘University Holiday’
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The body of one of three people reported missing after a landfill collapsed in Rodriguez (Montalban), Rizal has been recovered, Mayor Ronnie Evangelista confirmed Monday. The retrieval was made on Sunday, February 22. But finding the two remaining victims won’t be easy. ‘The retrieval will not be that easy
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The Chinese Embassy in Manila is distancing itself from a 30-year-old Mongolian student pilot arrested in Zambales on February 12 for alleged espionage activities — despite the suspect reportedly holding a jet fighter license from a People’s Liberation Army Air Force university in China. ‘To the best of our knowledge,
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The death toll from the MV Trisha Kerstin 3 sinking has climbed to 65 after Philippine Coast Guard technical divers recovered another body during underwater operations off Basilan on Saturday, February 22. According to the PCG’s latest situational update, 293 passengers and crew survived the maritime disaster, but 14
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Just days before the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, a new kind of people power is emerging — and it’s happening not on the streets but at construction sites across the Philippines. Civil society groups, church leaders, and government officials launched ‘Bisto Proyekto: Ang Bagong People Power’