CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Laguna – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) has ordered DRRM councils in the region to step up preparations for the barangay elections and All Saints’ Day on October 30 and Nov. 1 ...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said 59,740 applicants joined this year’s Government Online Career Fair (GOCF) held from Sept. 18 to 22. The GOCF is a virtual platform, which was established by CSC in partnership with JobStreet.com to assist qualified job seekers in finding government job...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has been acknowledged by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) as one of seven government agencies that significantly improved their frontline services to the public throughout 2022. The CSC's Contact Center Ng Bayan has praised the BIR for its consistent...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero is now pushing for a bill providing for an automatic promotion of government employees upon retirement. In filing Senate Bill No. 297, Escudero proposes to grant a promotion of one salary grade level higher than the employee’s position at the time of...
The government has more than P37.1 million worth of relief goods which have remained undistributed and exposed to loss, wastage or misappropriation, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2022 audit on the Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM), COA said that storage and timely distribution...
(Civil Service Commission / Facebook) The Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) “Contact Center ng Bayan” has honored the top 10 government agencies for achieving the highest resolution rates for Fiscal Year 2022. The resolution rate measures the number of complaints an agency resolves compared to...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed three graft charges against Romeo Caesar “Juncae” L. Manikan Jr., former chief of the Iloilo City Civil Registry Office. In three separate Ombudsman decisions, Manikan was cleared of alleged violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No....
Government officials and employees from various regions came together on Thursday, Sept. 28 to commemorate the 123rd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary (PCSA) with the nationwide “Medical Mission of Government Workers.” The medical mission aimed to provide essential medical and dental...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....
Only 16 of the 219 aviation industry operators, who were identified as critically impacted business owners in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, got financial assistance from the P300 million allotted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and received P52.8 million in “excess...
The number of persons who sought medical assistance due to the effects of Taal volcanic smog (vog) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon or Region 4A) has increased to 263, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Saturday night, Sept. 23. In a statement, the OCD said that the...
Taal Volcano (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) advised the public to stay at home and avoid making direct contact outside after a volcanic smog or vog was detected at Taal Volcano in Batangas on Friday, Sept. 22. The vog has been observed over Taal Lake Sept. 21 and...
