Author: Homer Pangilinan

  • BARMM’s Interior Ministry Secures Larger Budget to Enhance Disaster Readiness

    In a significant move to strengthen disaster management, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) has successfully increased its budget for 2025 to PHP2.17 billion, up from PHP1.9 billion. This decision was ratified by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority’s finance committee during a recent budget hearing in…

  • New E-Center in Davao Provides SSS Services to 3,000 Detainees

    In a significant move to enhance the welfare of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), the Social Security System (SSS) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Davao Region have collaborated to establish an e-center. This facility, inaugurated on October 25, allows approximately 3,000 detainees across various BJMP-11 facilities in Davao to access…