Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman George Garcia on Monday, August 7, suggested to a Senate committee to put additional qualifications to ensure that party-list nominees are true members of marginalized sectors. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (MB File Photo) Garcia stressed...
A total of 14 malls will be participating in the pilot test of the Commission on Election's (Comelec) mall voting scheme that aims to provide convenience, especially for senior citizens, pregnant women, and persons with disabilities (PWDs). (MB file photo) In an interview on Monday, August...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released on its website downloadable Certificate of Candidacy (COC) forms for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) slated on October 30. *(MB file photo)* "This page contains downloadable forms in relation with the Filing of Certificates of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Supreme Court Assistant Court Administrator and Public Information Office Chief Brian Keith Hosaka as a commissioner of the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG). *GCG Commissioner Brian Keith Hosaka (ANC...
# ERC, NGCP discuss technical gaps By MYRNA M. VELASCO The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has forthrightly raised to transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) the need to immediately address the "technical gaps" in balancing the country’s power system so it can...
The National Advisory Council (NAC) has thrown its full support to the upcoming Youth Organization Registration Program (YORP) Convention that will be held on Aug. 12 to 13. (Photo courtesy NYC/Facebook) With its theme, "Time to Shine: YORP as Vanguard for Change: In Celebration of the...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is giving a fresh take on the Philippine National Games and the Batang Pinoy to further elevate the quality of its grassroots programs. *Newly appointed PSC Executive Director Paolo Francisco Tatad and PSC Chairman Richard Bachmann. * PSC Chairman Richard...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Public Accounts is seeking the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of embattled Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang in connection with its inquiry into allegedly anomalous transactions entered...
The 25-member Commission on Appointments (CA) will start confirmation hearings next week on 38 officials recently appointed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to various key positions. “The CA’s committee on foreign affairs chaired by Senator Jinggoy Estrada will kick off the confirmation...
CAVITE – The city government of Bacoor and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) unveiled on Tuesday, August 1, a new historical marker commemorating the 1898 Bacoor Assembly. A ceremony at the Cuenca Ancestral House honored the 125th anniversary of the official declaration...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) presented the Philippine Youth Development Plan 2023-2028 (PYDP) and received approval for the betterment of Filipino youth during the Social Development Committee (SDC) Cabinet Level Meeting. (Photo from NYC/Facebook) The plan's approval marks a significant step...
Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) will put up a 10-megawatt solar farm project that will be embedded into the load network of Pampanga I Electric Cooperative (PELCO I). The RE company announced in a press statement that a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on this venture has already been...
