Melvin Gascon

1 month ago | globalnation.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Melvin Gascon

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Marcos and his delegation arrived here on Sunday afternoon ahead of their participation in the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit, where he is expected to renew calls for a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea in a gathering that may be dominated by trade issues.

2 months ago | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Jordeene B. Lagare |Melvin Gascon

MANILA, Philippines — The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday appealed to the consuming public to urge their local government units (LGUs) to buy the rice stocks offered by the agency at a “cheaper” price of P29 to P33 a kilo. At a press briefing in Malacañang, NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said citizens can press their LGUs to buy the agency’s rice to help it decongest its warehouses and make room for fresh rice stocks from the upcoming harvest season.

2 months ago | plus.inquirer.net | Melvin Gascon |Jordeene B. Lagare

The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday appealed to the consuming public to urge their local government units (LGUs) to buy the rice stocks offered by the agency at a “cheaper” price of P29 to P33 a kilo. At a press briefing in Malacañang, NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said citizens can press their LGUs to buy the agency’s rice to help it decongest its warehouses and make room for fresh rice stocks from the upcoming harvest season.

2 months ago | plus.inquirer.net | Nestor Corrales |Melvin Gascon |Alden M. Monzon

Authorities need to “put a stop to these senseless acts of violence,” urged the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order following the killings of a Filipino-Chinese businessman and his driver. The three kidnapping incidents  involved a 14-year-old Chinese student in Taguig in February, a Chinese food kiosk owner in Binondo, Manila, and businessman Anson Que. Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Marbil on Thursday relieved Brig. Gen. Elmer Ragay as chief of the Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG).

Mar 3, 2025 | plus.inquirer.net | Melvin Gascon |Julie M. Aurelio

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said that PCO chief Jay Ruiz is already “in the process” of divesting his stake in a private media company, Digital8, which won P206.052-million worth of contracts from the PCSO in the last quarter of 2024, or months before Ruiz assumed the role of PCO acting secretary on Feb. 24.