The Philippines has maintained its lead in Southeast Asia in the public participation indicator of the 2021 Open Budget Survey (OBS) conducted by the International Budget Partnership. Based on the results of the survey, the Philippines scored 35 points out of 100 in terms of the formal...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, December 2 asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to lift its ban on the sale of imported salmon and pompano while it is studying whether it would lift it or not. Poe said she does not see any compelling safety reason to implement the DA Administrative Order 259...
The Department of Finance (DOF) clarified that the imposition of value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions only aims to ensure that everybody pays his fair share of taxes. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the proposed VAT on electronic or digital services does not impose new taxes,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) awarded top Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that were able to upgrade to modern manufacturing technologies and capabilities to meet the next wave of global industrialization and managed to adopt frontier technologies to fortify their...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) has vowed to further expand the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment hubs in the country. The goal of the DOH is to make HIV treatment services more accessible, said DOH-Prevention and Control Bureau Program Expert Roland Sardan in a webinar on...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants the government to end the free rollout of Covid-19 vaccines once shots become commercially available in the country. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the government should deputize the private sector for the procurement and administration of Covid-19...
Department of Health The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Nov. 30, said it will support the conduct of a special audit of loans for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines. The DOH issued the statement after the Commission on Audit (COA) said that the World Bank and Asian Development Bank are...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has thrown its support behind the proposed measure seeking the creation of a sovereign wealth fund with safeguards against political interference. During a Kapihan sa Manila Bay Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 30, DOF Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he expects President...
Filipinos were warned against clicking suspicious links and logging into unverified websites following unreliable claims that Friendster, a social networking site that ended its services in 2015, has finally returned. Is Friendster back? The Department of Information and Communications...
Three awards were bagged by the Department of Education (DepED) during the 2022 Career Executive Service Lifelong Learning for Leadership Congress (CESCON). (MB Visual Content Group) Following the recognition, DepED vowed to continuously provide “effective and efficient services” to Filipinos,...
Like his previous statement , President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he would only leave the Department of Agriculture (DA) once he achieved the things he wanted to. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "Actually I have a schedule, I have a time table for that," Marcos...
The Department of Education (DepED) was named as one of the top-performing government agencies with the highest public complaints resolution in the last ten years. (MB Visual Content Group) “In celebration of the 122nd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary, the Civil Service Commission (CSC)...
