Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday said he will again join the private media when President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office in June 2022. In an interview with dyLA, Andanar said he did not seek any elective post because his commitment is to promote Duterte’s legacies until the end of the Chief Executive’s term. Andanar, who was included in the initial Senate slate of the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan, said he had assured Duterte that his office would keep informing the public about his administration’s accomplishments. “I entered this job as a

The Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) will allow for faster and more accessible services and accelerate the country’s goal toward a digital economy. Identity verification will also be simpler with the authentication services that the PhilSys will provide and which its partners can utilize, National Statistician and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Undersecretary Dennis Mapa said during a digital government orientation webinar on Friday. The Philippine Identification (PhilID) card or the national ID is designed for online and offline authentication. “To verify the authenticity of the PhilID, relying parties of PhilSys may perform physical inspections based on the physical security features of

Popular television host Willie Revillame had planned to seek public office in the May 2022 polls but seeing political bickering escalate day by day made him change his mind. In the Oct. 7 episode of his game show “Wowowin”, Revillame gave his insights on the current political scene. “Sa napapanood ko ho ngayon, parang nalulungkot ako dahil awayan ng awayan. Binoto kayo ng sambayanan pero iyan ang napapanood ng lahat ng Pilipino (As I’ve seen today, I feel sad about these bickerings. People voted for you, but that is what all Filipinos are seeing),” he said. Revillame said taxpayers do

The ongoing construction of the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge project could possibly open to motorists in the first quarter of the year 2022. In a media release on Saturday, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) operations Emil K. Sadain said the PHP3.39-billion bridge project across Pasig River was financed by a government aid grant from the People’s Republic of China is about 81 percent in work progress. Under the leadership of Sadain, the DPWH UPMO – the office that handles large-scale infrastructure programs of the Department under foreign grants – has, over the years,