Accountants are crucial in the fight against corruption in government, according to President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte, chairman of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), delivers a speech during the national assembly of the PDP-Laban in Clark, Pampanga on July 17,...
With the “successful and smooth” conduct of its Career Service Examination Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) in some regions on Sunday, July 18, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) is hoping to hold another test before year ends. CSE-PPT at the Mindanao State University- Tawi-Tawi College of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has sought the blacklisting or imposition of penalties on Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) contractors that failed to implement some P1.358 billion worth of projects from 2014 to 2020. Lighthouse in Batangas In the recently-released 2020 PCG Annual Audit Report, COA...
State-owned printing firm Asian Productivity Organization-Production Unit Inc. (APO) continues to get the raw end of a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with a private printing company in connection with the implementation of government contracts that included the P38-billion printing of electronic...
A new musical entitled "Lapulapu, Ang Datu ng Mactan" is set to be staged at the Metropolitan Theater (MET) next month, the first production to be mounted in the newly-renovated playhouse. (Photo from National Commission for Culture and the Arts) National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday, July 16, announced that 5,008 out of 7,746 passed the July 2021 Nurse Licensure Examination. PRC/MB The said examination was given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena,...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said it is studying the possibility of doing away with licensure examinations. "We are also studying that, but those examinations are mandated by the law, "PRC chairman Teofilo Pilando Jr. said during the Laging Handa press briefing, Friday, July 16. "We...
The online oathtaking of the new guidance counselors is set on July 28. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said passers of the Licensure Examination for Guidance Counselors will have their online oathtaking at 10 a.m. which will be spearheaded by PRC Baguio through Microsoft Teams....
The country’s public servants who have risen to the challenges brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are to be featured in this year’s 2021 Photography Contest launched by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). CSC employees The CSC announced that they will accept entries...
The modernization program of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been unduly delayed by the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) which has failed to deliver “state-of-the-art” equipment required by the bureau. NBI logo In its 2020 NBI Annual Audit Report that was...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, July 15, welcomed the appointment of Raul Pagdanganan to the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents. (Photo from CHED via UP.EDU.PH) “He brings his valuable managerial skills, experience in health management and private sector...
The Keepers Holdings, Inc., the liquor importation and distribution firm of Lucio Co and formerly Da Vinci Capital Holdings, Inc., is planning to raise up to P7.5 billion through a follow-on offering. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the firm has filed its registration statement...
