LEGAZPI CITY — A bundled unsolicited proposal to modernize three key regional airports, including the Bicol International Airport (BIA), is now under government review, signaling what lawmakers are calling the “first concrete step” toward the full internationalization of BIA. The proposal, submitted by the Philippine Regional Airports Consortium led by the Gokongwei group’s JG Summit […]
Read MoreIn his 2025 State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made a bold and morally urgent commitment: that no Filipino should leave a government hospital with unpaid medical bills. This promise of Zero-Balance Billing was not presented as a distant goal, but as an immediate directive to health agencies. To deliver on it, […]
Read More“This is the closest we have ever come to a Japan-style economic partnership with the United States.” Quezon City. Chair Joey Sarte Salceda of the Institute for Risk and Strategic Studies (Salceda Research), says the outcome of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s engagement with the United States marks the most comprehensive bilateral package of trade, […]
Read MoreMalaki po ang tiwala natin sa Pangulo na hindi niya kaliligtaan ang mga manggagawa at magsasaka sa kanyang SONA. As you know, I have been pushing for the Fair Wage Act, or the gradual elimination of the regional wage in favor of a national living wage. Sigurado po akong pagtutuunan din ni Pangulong Marcos ng […]
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