ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 6 is seeking the assessment of the structural integrity of infrastructure across Western Visayas following the magnitude-7 earthquake in Northern Luzon Wednesday, July 26. In a July 27 memorandum, OCD-Region 6 director Jose Roberto Nuñez...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) released the first official wave of information about the extent of damage of the powerful magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Abra and nearby provinces in Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27. The Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur is damaged by the magnitude 7...
Among the roles that the Civil Service Commission (CSC) may assume during the implementation of the government's rightsizing program is to supervise it, an official said Monday, June 18. (MB file photo) In the Laging Handa public briefing, CSC Senior Commissioner Aileen Lourdes A. Lizada stated...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Friday, July 15 that it will study any proposed legislation on rightsizing the bureaucracy. CSC / MB file photo CSC made the statement amid the move on rightsizing of government agencies and personnel. For its part, CSC said it will support any...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon officiated his first wedding on Thursday, July 7, as the city's new chief executive. Biazon officiated the wedding of couple Christopher Matsumoto and Paulina Ysabel Lopez at the mayor’s office. Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon (center) officiating the wedding of couple...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera is giving the proposed Civil Partnership Act--which will benefit members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community--another shot in the 19th Congress. (Jason Leung/ Unsplash) Herrera, who won a fresh mandate during the...
Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has welcomed former cabinet secretary Karlo Nograles' renomination by President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as Chairperson-designate of the agency. “We were already off to a good start with Chair Karlo’s...
A total of 33 couples got married in the Taguig City's “Kasalang Bayan” held on June 24. “Ang main objective ng Kasalang Bayan is makasal ang mga taong nagsasamang walang bendisyon ng kasal para unang-una ang kanilang mga anak ay maging lehitimo (The main objective of the Kasalang Bayan is to...
Lawyer and ad interim Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Karlo Nograles has been selected to reprise his CSC post by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Read more here:...
As global aviation fuel prices continued to skyrocket, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in its Wednesday, June 22, advisory, added 13 more levels to its passenger and cargo fuel surcharge matrix, which until this month has Level 7 at the maximum. Now, CAB's passenger and fuel surcharge matrix is...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) insisted Wednesday, June 22, that it followed regular processes in utilizing its funds for disaster response and Covid-19 pandemic even as the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged them for their low budget utilization rate. Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, Office of...
The Bulacan Police Provincial Office (BulPPO) emerged as the champion in the 2022 Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) Civil Disturbance Management (CDM) competition held on Tuesday, June 21, at the PRO3 Grandstand, Camp Captain Julian Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Also proclaimed winners...
