Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso reported that public and investor trust in the nation’s capital has been restored, a year after his administration inherited what he described as a difficult fiscal situation when he returned to City Hall. Domagoso said his administration took over with P14.6 billion in unpaid prior years’ obligations from the previous administration, alongside overdue bills to…
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso has signed Executive Order No. 29, Series of 2026, officially titled the “Manila Schools Safety Initiative,” creating the Manila School and Community Safety Task Force, a citywide body tasked with preventing armed violence and mass-casualty incidents in schools and public spaces. “Our policy is simple: Remove illegal guns. Act on every warning sign. Prepare every…
Mayors from 40 cities, including London, Phoenix and Melbourne, have agreed to work together to curb the growing strain the rapid growth in data centres is placing on electricity grids, water supplies and local communities, city leaders said. A global surge in demand for computing power, much of it connected to artificial intelligence, is driving trillions of dollars in investment in new…
The world has not yet reached the point of no return on climate change, but the window for meaningful action is narrowing with every passing year, Filipino physicist and Manila Observatory Executive Director Fr. Jose Ramon “Jett” Villarin said Saturday, offering a message of cautious hope nearly two decades after his team’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning work on global warming. Villarin, who shared…
With the perceived ouster of career health officials, Malacañang now stands accused of putting institutional stability and expert leadership at risk for political convenience. The uproar follows the exit of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire and other veteran DOH officials in what appears to be a politically motivated shake-up. About 55 professional medical groups signed a joint statement expressing concerns of what…
The Laguna Lake is fast deteriorating into the country’s “biggest septic tank,” Biñan City Rep. Walfredo “Arman” Dimaguila Jr. warned on Saturday, August 2. In an interview on DZRH News’ Special on Saturday, Rep. Dimaguila urged the Marcos Jr. administration to take urgent and science-based action to rehabilitate the vital water body affecting millions across Southern Luzon and Metro Manila. “Magkakaroon na…
The Iran war is showing why the Philippines can’t afford to neglect its farmers
A war thousands of kilometers away is beginning to ripple through something as basic as the Filipino dining table. The conflict involving Iran has pushed oil prices higher, disrupted key shipping routes, and strained global supply chains—especially for fertilizer, a critical input for food production. Farmers are already feeling the pressure. Fertilizer prices have surged by as much as 30% to 40%,…