Samuel Medenilla

2 months ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Samuel Medenilla

President Ferdinand Marcos wants to veer away from car-centric solutions to traffic congestion in Metro Manila by focusing on high capacity mass transit projects and active transportation, according to newly appointed Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Vivencio “Vince” B. Dizon. Dizon made the remark during a press briefing in Malacañang after he took his oath of office before President Ferdinand Marcos last Friday. “In the past the solution to traffic has always been to build roads.

2 months ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Samuel Medenilla

President Ferdinand Marcos is hopeful the cooperation among the 12 Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas (APBP) senatorial candidates will go beyond the 2025 National and Local Election and extend towards crafting legislation, which will lead to national progress. “I think it is clear where the alliance is headed. It is progress [for the country] and not conflict and oppression,” Marcos said in Filipino during his at the APBP rally in Negros Occidental last Friday.

2 months ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Samuel Medenilla

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) on Monday reported there were zero journalist deaths last year due to the government’s close collaboration with media stakeholders. “The absence of journalist killings in 2024, as reported, is a testament to the collaborative efforts of various stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies, media organizations, and civil society, in promoting a safer environment for the press,” PTFoMS said in a statement issued last Monday.

2 months ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Samuel Medenilla

THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said the number of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) contracts which they processed last year breached the 2.6-million mark as it streamlines its operations. “And in 2024, we processed around 2.7 million contracts, which we saw an increase of over a hundred thousand, [from] 2.6, in the previous year,” DMW Secretary Hans J. Cacdac said in a television interview with State-run PTV on Monday.

2 months ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Samuel Medenilla

Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Lorenzo “Larry” G. Gadon called on Vice President Sara Duterte to resign amid the pending impeachment complaint so she can still run in the 2028 polls. Gadon said Duterte is at risk of being banned from running for an elected post if she is impeached by the Senate. He noted the evidence against Duterte for her alleged misuse of the funds of the Office of the Vice President has become widely known by the public.