Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, July 22, to disclose the details of the "understanding" reached by the Philippines and China for the resupply missions to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. (Photo from the Office of Senate...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is stepping up efforts on the accelerated compliance of government agencies and entities on the mandated 10 percent savings on energy usage that they must achieve, as prescribed under Administrative Order (AO) 15 that was issued by President Marcos early this year. To...
Lights on? or lights off? That’s not one of the typical ‘fast talk’ questions being thrown by a country’s well-known television host, rather, that is a state of the country’s power supply that primarily distressed Filipino consumers in this year’s summer months. In the third State of...
The Philippines hit China's "inaccurate" remark when it made comments on the latest agreement that was reached between Manila and Beijing regarding rotation and resupply missions to grounded BRP Sierra Madre in the Ayungin Shoal. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, July 22, called...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is making significant strides to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under its thrust of ANGAT Negosyo. These initiatives have a special focus on empowering MSMEs in terms of digitalization efforts, targeting their competitiveness and...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman underscored that having the right fundamental values and character determines an individual's success as she delivered a message of encouragement to the graduates of the Bulacan State University (BulSU) last July 19. "Dear...
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has expressed support for the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) directive to suspend the online selling of vape products temporarily. “I support the DTI directive. Their job is to regulate the sale of vape products and to ensure minors do not have access...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Sunday, July 21, that the latest software outage affecting Microsoft was one of the biggest "failures" in the Information Technology (IT) field. Photo credit to MB Visual Content Group “Well, tawagin na natin IT outage. IT...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said that the implementation of the new Government Procurement Act (NGPA) will overhaul public procurement processes in the country. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangadaman said in a statement that the NGPA law, which has been her priority since she...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara has committed to listening to and working with all stakeholders to address the challenges facing the education sector. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara (Photo from Presidential Communications Office) “I am...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is anticipating capacity injection of additional 1,300 megawatts of coal capacities in the next few years before renewable energy (RE) could overtake that traditionally-dominant fossil fuel technology in the energy mix by 2028. Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina...
President Marcos believes that many good things will come from appointing former senator Sonny Angara as the new secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) as he noted that Angara knows how important the sector is. NEW DEPED SECRETARY — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
