An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has called out a Ukrainian diplomat for telling members of the Philippine press that the government is not responding to Ukraine's request for a phone talk between President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Department of Social Welfare and Development The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of the Philippines and the Labor and Welfare Bureau of Hong Kong reaffirmed their commitment to work together to protect the welfare of every Filipino in the Philippines and abroad, in a meeting...
(DSWD-DROMIC / FACEBOOK) There are still 3,349 families or 11,004 people affected by the widespread flooding in recent weeks who remain in 52 evacuation centers, based on a report by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Jan. 10. DSWD said that there are also 41 families, or...
The Philippines, through the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), will host various meetings to be attended by digital officials next month. DICT In a statement issued Wednesday, Jan. 11, DICT announced that information and communications technology (ICT) ministers and...
Amid recent controversies that saw the resignation of several officials, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary-designate Carlito Galvez Jr. has appealed to ranking defense officials to “stay in place” and keep the department intact. Department of National Defense (DND)...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 73 million individuals were already fully-vaccinated against Covid-19. "As of Jan. 8, 2022, almost 73.8 million Filipinos have been fully-vaccinated," the DOH said. The figure includes 6.9 million senior citizens, 10 million adolescents, and...
The Department of Information and Technology (DICT) warned subscribers on Wednesday, Jan. 11 not to have any ideas of providing false information when registering their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for they will be inevitably caught. SIM Registration This was according to DICT Spokesperson and...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fast-track the rehabilitation of damaged infrastructure and conduct a study on how to address the flooding in Misamis Occidental. RTVM Screenshot Marcos said this following the massive...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said government workers will receive higher pay beginning this month, the last tranche of the mandated salary hikes for state employees. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the fourth tranche of the pay increase mandated by...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 11 urged the government to delay its plans to import around 22,000 metric tons of onions saying it may be best for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to first observe the harvest of local farmers next week before making any drastic moves. “It’s best...
After a weekend during which a new Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff was appointed, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has asked retired General Carlito Galvez Jr. to serve as secretary of national defense. These twin moves serve to restore a sense of equanimity in the security sector....
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In the span of two weeks, more than 16 million subscriber identity modules (SIMs) have been registered following the implementation of the SIM Registration Act. Currently, we are on track because our target is to register at least one million SIMs per day to complete...
