VM Dada Reyes’ public service goes beyond legislation

In Biñan City, Laguna, it has been said, a Vice Mayor’s duties extends beyond being simply a “spare part” of the local executive or even as presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.


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A recent viral video showing armed men in civilian clothes standing alongside police personnel at a checkpoint in Albuera, Leyte has put the local police under scrutiny, raising questions not only about the identities of the men but also about who authorized them to be there.


Armed Men at Checkpoint Put Albuera Police Under Probe

Communities in Northern Samar are slowly rebuilding after years of insurgency, while government troops continue to recover abandoned weapons and supplies left behind by the New People’s Army (NPA). 



Peace Efforts Strengthen in N. Samar Villages

Saturday, September 19, is the eighty – third death anniversary of my uncle - in – law, USAFFE Captain Joseph “Joe” Herman y Crame (O - 2031906), 61st Division, my aunty, Solita Alcuaz [y Somosa] y Tuason [y Basilio] and their daughter, my cousin, Evelyn, three years old, in the mountains of Montevedra, in Iloilo and Capiz Provinces, Panay Island, Philippines.

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Hidden deep in the forests of Samar lies a rare treasure.


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We built this mess - and the scariest part is that we did it with our own beliefs.

We Don’t Need Heroes - We Need Belief Switches

For decades, Santa Rosa City has led the way in the transformation of Laguna from a predominantly-agricultural province to one of the largest industrial hubs outside Metro Manila.

PH's first hyperscale data center opens in Santa Rosa City

Iginduso ni Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda an pagtukod hin hydroelectric power sources ha syudad basi mapahabubo an sukot han kuryente para ha mga konsumidor.


Hydropower, Iginduso ha Borongan City

As part of honoring the contributions of the Filipino worker last Labor Day, May 1, the Social Security System (SSS) said it has rolled out enhanced and expanded programs for its members.

Enhanced programs for SSS members

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In his "Hot Manila" social media page, veteran journalist Alan Robles has this to say on one reason why flooding in Metro Manila and elsewhere remains a perennial issue:


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Secretary Arsenio Balisacan has a way with words. He announces a dramatic decline in Philippine poverty. But reels it back in the open forum by saying that the poverty threshold of 554 pesos per capita does not mean that it is enough to meet a decent living. 


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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) grew from a group of five Eurasian countries which, in 1996, recognized the need for a dynamic regional organization that promotes their shared political, economic, and security concerns.


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Have you ever noticed how people can work nonstop, chase goals, earn things, and still feel empty? That’s because we’ve been trained to believe that meaning comes from money, grades, and trophies. But real life doesn’t ask what you bought - it asks what you became, what you noticed, and what you helped. That’s why consciousness (kamalayan) should be taught to our children, not just as a “nice idea,” but as a survival skill for the modern world.

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