Context Dispatch
Leviste: DPWH can cancel or re-price ₱1.6 Trillion in projects to save ₱400 Billion
As Congress finishes deliberations on the 2026 budget, Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Legarda Leviste is proposing that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) cancel or re-price P1.6 Trillion of ongoing and upcoming projects to save P400 Billion or over P1 Billion per day so the government can fund its priority health and education programs.
DepEd pushes modular learning, TLS as quake wrecks 7,500 classrooms in Cebu
The Department of Education (DepEd) today (02 October 2025) pledged modular kits and temporary learning spaces to ensure classes resume quickly for over 19,000 learners adversely affected by a 6.9-magnitude quake In northern Cebu Tuesday.
Powerful quake rattles Central Philippines
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Bogo City in northern Cebu late Tuesday, September 30, shaking a vast stretch of the Philippines from Camarines Sur in Luzon to Davao del Sur in Mindanao, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
PH, Ukraine boost ties amid global tensions
The Philippines and Ukraine committed to strengthening their strategic partnership in response to rising global security threats, including Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and China’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea.
Rep. Zaldy Co vows to return; denies budget insertions
Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co declared that he is determined to return to the Philippines to answer and disprove “false and baseless accusations” against him, stressing that he has nothing to hide and will face his critics in the proper forum.
