Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) The Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of 25 newly-promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), CA Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Johnny Pimentel bared on Sunday, July 2. “The...
The Philippine government will be provided with a €4 million (around P240 million) technical assistance by the European Commission (EC) to help improve the education and training of Filipino seafarers. *(File photo) * In a statement Saturday, July 2, Maritime Industry Authority (Marina)...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) urged to advocate the enactment of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Equality Act (SOGIE) to protect people from different types of discrimination in private and public institutions. In a statement, PCW acknowledged that the lack of a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies to "keep their eyes open" and employ the whole-of-government approach to address poverty. *ANTI-POVERTY AGENDA—President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over the first National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) En Banc...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, June 30, the venue and date for the face-to-face mass oathtaking of new chemical engineers. Photo credit to PRC/Manila Bulletin In a Facebook post, PRC stated that July 7 is the scheduled in-person oathtaking at the UP Diliman in...
Following a Supreme Court ruling affirming the rights of electricity consumers on unwarranted service disconnections, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) stipulated that it will pay attention to the tenets of that verdict on its planned review of the Magna Carta for Residential Electricity...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will now prepare for two polls in 2025; the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and the May 2025 National and Local Elections after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional the law postponing Dec. 5, 2022, BSKE. In a public briefing,...
There will be no changes with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) preparations for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2023 in October even after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional the law postponing Dec. 5, 2022, BSKE, the poll body's top official said. "Nothing will...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is prodding the Commission on Appointments (CA) to give swift confirmation to newly-installed Presidential Adviser for Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. "I urge my colleagues who are in the Commission on...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded government agencies on Monday, June 26 of the deadline for submission of the 2022 Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) to the appropriate repository agency, which is set on June 30. According to CSC, under the CSC Memorandum Circular No....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 25 urged the public to be wary of finance applications that can be downloaded online on Google Play or Apple Store and other websites but are actually lending applications that victimizes oblivious customers. ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday, June 25, recognized the “crucial role” of Filipino seafarers in contributing to the growth of the maritime industry and promised to equip them with new skills to “maintain our competitive edge in the global maritime industry.” Filipino...
