The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Monday, Sept. 6 announced that 560 out of 849 passed the Architect Licensure Examination (ALE) given by the Board of Architecture. PRC/MB Held in Baguio, Cebu, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, San Fernando (Pampanga), Tacloban and Zamboanga last...
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. is planning to raise up to P10 billion from the third tranche of its P100 billion fixed-rate bonds with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it has filed with the SEC an application for...
San Jose del Monte City Rep. Florida “Rida” Robes on Sunday, Sept. 5 urged President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a bill that would revive the pre-audit system for government expenditures. Commission on Audit Logo3 Robes, chairperson of the House Committee on People’s Participation,...
The Commission on Audit’s admission of experiencing difficulty in auditing confidential and intelligence funds disbursements has made it necessary for Congress to pass the bill creating a joint congressional oversight body to examine multi-billion peso allocations for the said program. Malacanang...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is wasting no time in preparing the Filipino athletes that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as host country Vietnam could not give a definite timetable for the holding of the biennial event. PSC Commissioner Ramon Fernandez, who is...
Government programs that sought to address the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ‘contributed greatly to the net increase” of P472.572 billion in the country’s external debt in 2020, the Commission on Audit (COA) has revealed. COVID 19 tests In its 2020 Consolidated Audit Report on...
The Commission on Elections will allow persons with fever to vote in the 2022 elections, thus, raising the possibility that voters suffering from COVID-19 will not be denied their right to suffrage. voting image This was gathered from Comelec officials present during the recent hearing conducted by...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered R.L. Aggregates and Diversified Lending Group, Inc. to stop soliciting investments from the public through a fraudulent scheme. In an order issued July 26, the SEC ordered R.L. Aggregates to immediately cease and desist from engaging in the...
The hundreds of billions of pesos spent by government for massive procurement of COVID-19 vaccines will not escape the prying eyes of auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) notwithstanding the non-disclosure provisions of contracts that cover the purchases. Audit cartoons COA Chairman Michael...
Commission on Audit Chairman Michael Aguinaldo on Friday, Sept. 3 said the state audit agency does not have any authority to audit the Philippine National Red Cross. Philippine Red Cross Aguinaldo made this statement in response to questions raised by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on the issue which was...
More than 600 individuals passed the August 2021 Licensure Examination for Social Workers. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday, Sept. 2 announced that 612 out of 1,621 passed the said examination given by the Board for Social Workers in the cities of Baguio, Cagayan de...
Unless other people or groups have a “better” suggestion, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera appealed to the public, especially to those who are against the implementation of limited face-to-face classes in select courses, not to “overreact.” In a Facebook comment...
