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....
The Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) UniFAST program urged the public to verify the links shared by individuals or groups that claim to assist in applying for the Tertiary Education Subsidy-Tulong Dunong Program. Photo from CHED "The Commission on Higher Education-UniFAST reiterates its...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has teamed up with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Open Ownership (OO) for the potential use of beneficial ownership data in curbing corruption in the government procurement process. The SEC and UNODC recently organized a focus...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) has bypassed the ad interim appointment of Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Javier “Ted” Herbosa due to lack of material time. Health Secretary Teodoro Javier "Ted" Herbosa faces the Commission on Appointments' (CA) Committee meeting on the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is supportive of a move in Congress to lower taxes on stock transactions to boost and improve the competitiveness of the Philippine capital market. Albay 2nd District Representative Jose Ma. Clemente Salceda has filed House Bill No. 8958, or the...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Sept. 25 that 3,878 out of 6,833 examinees passed the September 2023 social workers licensure examination. Photo credit to PRC Patricia Marie Regalado Imperial of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP-Diliman) topped the board...
President Marcos on Tuesday, Sept. 26, certified the proposed Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers as urgent, effectively asking the Senate, where the bill is currently pending, for its immediate passage. Filipino seafarers (Photos from the Maritime Industry Authority) A statement from the...
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 Office of the Vice President (OVP) has not received an audit observation memorandum (AOM) from the Commission on Audit (COA), its spokesman Reynold Munsayac said on Monday, Sept. 25, amid questions on how the OVP spent its controversial 2022 confidential funds. Vice President and Education...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) A special oversight committee must be formed in a bid to bost transparency in the use of controversial confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) by government agencies. Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released new guidelines on the issuance of blue bonds, which will allow the use of the capital markets as one of the avenues for promoting sustainability in the corporate sector. The SEC on Sept. 21 issued Memorandum Circular No. 15, Series of...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday, September 24 urged his colleagues to expedite the passage of Senate Bill No. 2441 which mandates private higher education institutions (HEIs) to waive entrance examination fees and charges of qualified students applying for college admission. SB...
