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State auditors flag the Nationwide Irrigation Administration for awarding practically 300 initiatives price P16.7 billion in 2024 to unqualified contractors. The Fee on Audit says a number of NIA workplaces didn’t observe the Authorities Procurement Reform Act and its 2016 revised guidelines.

The Philippines and China met bilaterally on Thursday, January 29 to speak about maritime points within the South China Sea. The assembly came about on the sidelines of the ASEAN Senior Officers’ Assembly on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Code of Conduct within the South China Sea.

Newly-installed Metro Manila Improvement Authority Normal Supervisor Nicolas Torre proposes opening the EDSA busway to different high-occupancy automobiles. In a TV interview aired on Tuesday, January 27, Torre floated the thought which he says may encourage Filipinos to carpool and ease congestion.

• Relive SB19’s Simula at Wakas kick-off live performance with newly-released live performance album

Multi-awarded P-pop group SB19 releases Simula At Wakas: Kickoff Live performance Album on Friday, January 30. The album is a stay recording of tracks from their two-day live performance on the Philippine Enviornment in Bulacan on Could 31 and June 1, 2025.

Alex Eala falls flat in her bid to rule the inaugural Philippine Girls’s Open after dropping to Colombia’s Camila Osorio within the quarterfinals. Eala led 3-2 within the first and second units however misplaced the higher hand on each events, ending with a 6-4, 6-4 loss. — Rappler.com