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DSWD monitors 26,053 families in evacuation centers

The Philippine Star 25 Dec 2025
The Department of Social Welfare and Development continues to monitor people and families who have yet to fully recover from the effects of past disasters and remain in evacuation centers across the country, the DSWD said ....
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‘Allow citizens to file forfeiture cases vs erring officials’

The Philippine Star 05 Dec 2025
With billions of pesos lost to corruption in the anomalous flood control projects, Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has filed a bill seeking to allow private citizens to directly initiate forfeiture cases against erring government officials ....
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Mom’s consent needed for minors traveling abroad – DSWD

The Philippine Star 21 Nov 2025
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reminded the public that a mother’s consent is required for the issuance of travel clearance certificates or TCC for minors traveling abroad ....
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Food stamp program covers 300,000 more households

The Philippine Star 18 Nov 2025
Another 300,000 food-poor households will be included in the government’s Walang Gutom Program, a key anti-poverty initiative of the Marcos administration, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development ....
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Court acquits 6 youths nabbed in 2024 labor rally

The Philippine Star 13 Nov 2025
The Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila has acquitted six youths who were arrested and charged during the Labor Day rally in 2024 ....
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House asked to probe Davao flood projects

The Philippine Star 13 Nov 2025
House Deputy Minority Leader Antonio Tinio yesterday filed a resolution seeking to investigate P4.44 billion worth of alleged anomalous flood control projects in Davao City ....
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Davao flood control projects not ‘ghosts’ – Pulong

The Philippine Star 06 Nov 2025
Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte yesterday denied that flood control projects in his district were non-existent or “ghosts,” as claimed by House Deputy Minority Leader Antonio Tinio ....
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Davao flood control projects flagged

The Philippine Star 05 Nov 2025
House Deputy Minority Leader Antonio Tinio yesterday revealed alleged irregularities in several flood control projects implemented in Davao City from 2019 to 2022 ....
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De Lima questions Chinese firm’s dredging activity in Zambales

The Philippine Star 04 Nov 2025
House Deputy Minority leader Leila de Lima has filed a measure seeking an investigation into the reported large-scale dredging and sand extraction activities of a Chinese company in San Felipe, Zambales ....
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Leila pushes for PCG modernization

The Philippine Star 01 Nov 2025
In light of increasing tensions in the West Philippine Sea and the strategic importance of the country’s maritime domain, House deputy minority leader Leila de Lima is seeking to create a modernized and strengthened Philippine Coast Guard ....
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Ex-4Ps beneficiary passes Physicians examination

The Philippine Star 25 Oct 2025
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has commended a former beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program who recently passed the 2025 Physicians Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine ....
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Lawmaker bucks e-visa plan for Chinese tourists

The Philippine Star 17 Oct 2025
Saying it endangers national security, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez urged President Marcos yesterday to stop the plan of the Philippine embassy in Beijing to issue electronic visas for Chinese tourists ....
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Book Review: ‘Death and the Gardener,’ by Georgi Gospodinov

New York Times 05 Oct 2025
In the autofictional “Death and the Gardener,” the Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov remembers an ordinary man ennobled by a love of the land ... .
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Return-to-work order in BPOs amid quake hit

The Philippine Star 02 Oct 2025
Party-list groups Gabriela and Akbayan want business processing outsourcing (BPO) companies based in Cebu sanctioned for allegedly compelling employees to return to work during the earthquake ....
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