The Civil Service Commission (CSC) asked Wednesday, Aug. 25, all heads of the government agencies to register and post vacancies for the Government Online Career Fair (GOCF) to be held on Sept. 20 to 24, 2021 as part of this year’s 121st Philippine Civil Service Anniversary (PCSA). (MANILA...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will be launching today, Aug. 25, its new online film festival dubbed "Sine Halaga" that will feature films highlighting Filipino cultural values. Sine Halaga Film Festival Director Elvert Bañares said the virtual film fest, organized in...
The Philippines told Thailand it will assert its right for retaliation over a decade-long cigarette taxation dispute to ensure that the rules based trading system of the World Trade Organization is respected and enforced as it deliberates on the list of 146 tariff lines such as rice, motor...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the appointment of the new members of the Technical Panel for Pharmacy (TPP). CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera (Photo from CHED) “Pharmacists in the country and around the world have continued to provide direct patient care and perform frontline...
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that proposes an efficient procedure in determining a nuisance candidate and imposing stiffer penalties on violators for making a mockery of the integrity of elections. Comelec Logo With 196 affirmative votes and zero negative,...
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT), has started facilitating the distribution of promotional materials which had accumulated since 2015. Tourism Promotions Board Philippines This, after the Commission on Audit (COA) called out the TPB for...
More than 240 individuals passed the August 2021 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Tuesday, Aug. 24 announced that 247 out of 621 passed the said examination. The Commission said 18 out of 29 also passed the Certified Plant Mechanic...
Popular online play-to-earn company Axie Infinity or Sky Mavis is not registered as a corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission nor does it have a license to sell or trade securities in the Philippines. “The SEC has received numerous inquiries regarding Axie Infinity as well as...
The Professional Regulation Commission on Monday, Aug. 23, announced that the 2021 Special Professional Licensure Examination (SPLE) for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and other Middle East countries has been cancelled. PRC/MB In a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has the sole discretion to configure its audit reports and no entity should tell how it should exercise its mandate, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, August 23. Hontiveros said she takes exception to President Duterte telling the COA to “reconfigure” its...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered Royal O’ Consultancy Services OPC, Royal O’ International Import and Export OPC, and their affiliate companies to stop soliciting investments from the public. In a statement, the SEC said these firms solicit investments under a scheme...
The August 2021 Social Workers Licensure Examination (SWLE) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been cancelled. PRC/MB On Sunday, Aug. 22, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced the cancellation of the Aug. 24 to 26 SWLE in NCR in view of the resolution of the Inter-Agency Task...
