Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has welcomed the release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 11996, or...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health is eyeing the construction of a mental health hospital in Negros Occidental. This was revealed by Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, DOH Undersecretary for Visayas, in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, a day after a transition team of the DOH-Negros Island...
Describing it as a "significant setback" in the pursuit of quality education, teachers' groups lamented the passage of a law that discontinues the use of the mother tongue in Kindergarten to Grade 3. (DepEd file photo) In separate statements, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines and...
A group of teachers on Wednesday, Oct. 9, pushed for additional benefits for poll workers as the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) filing for the 2025 National and Local Elections officially closed. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has commended President Marcos for prioritizing national security and defense modernization, through the latter's signing of Republic Act (RA) No. 10242 or the...
President Marcos has signed the Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act, which, he said, would allow the country to build an independent defense posture not reliant on other parties. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs the Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act in a ceremony...
Amid the celebration of this year’s World Teachers' Day (WTD), Filipino educators on Saturday, Oct. 5, called on the government to urgently address the “systemic challenges” they have been facing for years. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez took advantage of the country’s ongoing celebration of Elderly Filipino Week to echo calls for the sufficient funding of the amended Centenarian’s Act. "I welcome the recent approval...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $7 million in fintech firm First Circle to expand digital financial services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines. The IFC board approved the project on June 13, signed on June 28, and invested the...
A group of education workers on Monday, Sept. 30, voiced strong opposition to the Senate's renewed efforts to reinstate the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, the mandatory ROTC...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) vowed to rigorously enforce the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act in a bid to combat illicit trade in the agricultural sector. In a statement, BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui, Jr. said that all bureau personnel will be mobilized to ensure the effective...
The Marcos administration has freed 3,527 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Tarlac from debt with the distribution of 4,663 Certificates of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (COCROMs) on Monday, Sept. 30. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) In his speech during...
