The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has welcomed the House Committee on Ways and Means’ approval of a substitute bill seeking the creation of the Philippine Atomic Regulatory Commission (PARC). (Photo from DOST-PNRI) The DOST-PNRI thanked the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has blamed lapses in the performance of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for the long delay in the distribution of over 10 million motorcycle and car plates worth P2.15 billion. Plate number This audit observation is contained in the 2020 annual audit report of the...
A school in Zamboanga City has earned praises from Commission on Higher Education (CHED) after its retrofitted facilities passed the standards set by the government when it comes to the conduct of limited face-to-face or laboratory classes. Photo from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) CHED...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William "Butch" Ramirez announced Thursday, Aug. 12, that the para-athletes, coaches, and accompanying officials are set to receive an additional allowance of P100,000 ahead of the Games from Aug. 24. to Sept. 5. PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez This hikes...
More adverse audit observations were revealed by the Commission on Audit in the handling of the Department of Health of billions of pesos in government funds and in the implementation of its projects even as audit disallowances and suspensions of various transactions have reached over P8.8 billion...
Malacañang left it to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if it deemed it necessary to extend the voter registration period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Senator Francis Pangilinan urged...
There will be "no sacred cow" if a government agency or official is found liable for any misuse of public funds, Malacañang declared Thursday after the Department of Health (DOH) came under fire over alleged mismanagement of pandemic-related funds. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a...
Passers of the Social Workers Licensure Examinations will have their online oathtaking on August 18, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said Wednesday, August 11. PRC/MB The Commission said the online oathtaking at 9 a.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Legazpi through Microsoft Teams. The PRC...
On International Youth Day, Aug. 12, the National Youth Commission (NYC) stressed the youth's role in protecting human life and planetary health for the generations to come. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook video message, NYC Chairperson Ryan Enriquez urged the youth to focus their attention on...
The Commission on Audit has called the attention of the Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez on the 1,526 sacks of rice worth P3.337 million that could not be accounted for in the rice distribution program for households affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) last year. Mayor Richard...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
If the late Rafael “Paeng” M. Salas were still alive today, he would have celebrated his 93rd birthday anniversary last Saturday, as he was born on August 7, 1928 in Bago, Negros Occidental to Dr. Ernesto Salas and Isabel Montinola. He would have had a blast with his wife, the former Carmen...
