President Marcos has urged all public servants to utilize latest technologies and innovation to improve public service. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. delivers a speech during the presentation of of the signed Memorandum of Agreement on the Philippine Civil Service Digital Leadership...
Passengers traveling this summer will spend more for plane tickets after an increase in the passenger service charge (PSC) for airports managed by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Under Memorandum Circular No. 019-2025 signed on April 14, CAAP announced that the PSC...
BACOLOD CITY – The Victorias City government and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) recently inked an agreement to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in Negros Occidental. OCD Administrator Underseretary Ariel Nepomuceno and Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, who also leads the Negros...
Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (middle) poses with members of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC), as they arrived at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, April 13, 2025 after a two-week humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) mission in earthquake-hit Myanmar....
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) is scheduled to return to the country on Monday, April 14, after providing essential support to victims in Myanmar, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake two weeks ago. The contingent,...
A teachers' group, on Thursday, April 10, voiced concern over the potential effects of the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) new guidelines on political neutrality, noting that these could infringe on educators’ right to free speech and stifle critical discourse in academic spaces. (MB file...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (PPAB) Too punitive. That's how House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong described the reported Civil Service Commission (CSC) memorandum circular that sought to...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded government employees to exercise caution in their social media activities during the campaign period for the May 2025 elections. In Memorandum Circular No. 3 Series of 2025, CSC clarified that while government workers are allowed to engage with...
An explosive eruption occurs at the summit vent of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8, 2025, producing a voluminous bent plume approximately 4,000 meters tall that is drifting southwest. Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) descended the slopes on the general southern edifice based on IP and thermal camera...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) strongly denounced the “inappropriate” use of the Emergency Cell Broadcast System (ECBS) for political campaigning by some candidates in the upcoming elections. OCD Administrator, Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the...
The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) sets up a tent hospital in Myanmar to treat earthquake victims. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) has been actively engaged in rescue and medical operations in response to the...
Earthquake-proofing buildings and infrastructure appear to be the weakest link in the national government’s efforts to be fully prepared in case a strong earthquake similar to what struck Myanmar and Thailand would jolt Metro Manila, an official said on Monday, March 31. Undersecretary Ariel...
