The 25-member Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed Wednesday, May 17, the appointment of 49 ranking officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The confirmation followed the banging of the gavel by Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri, concurrent CA chairman, after Congressman...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Sports officials have already set their sights on the next big thing following Team Philippines’ strong showing in the 32 nd Southeast Asian Games, which drew to a close Wednesday, May 17, with a lively ceremony at the 60,000-seater Morodok Techo National Stadium here....
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has granted the petition to disqualify former Legazpi City Councilor Al Barizo as a candidate in the May 2022 elections. In a 10-page resolution promulgated on May 5, Barizo, who was an incumbent councilor at the time of the commission of the...
Grab Philippines said it was already working to implement the remaining P6.66-million reimbursement to users following the issuance of a Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) resolution directing the transport company to complete reimbursements totaling P25.4 million. In a statement following the...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Tuesday, May 16, that 691 out of 1,479 passed the May 2023 Licensure Examination for Dentists given by the Board of Dentistry in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, and Davao. Courtesy of PRC Southwestern University is the lone top-performing school on...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Tuesday, May 16 approved the appointment of former Valenzuela mayor and representative Rex Gatchalian as Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary. Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian raises his hand as he...
National junior bowler Zach Ramin and former World Cup champion Krizziah Tabora-Macatula took the early lead in the men's and women's open divisions qualifying round, respectively, of the Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships last Monday, May 15. A member of the PH squad that...
Fresh from its successful campaign in the Cambodia SEA Games, the Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) stages the 2023 SMART/MVP Sports Foundation New Face of the Year Taekwondo Championship on May 20-21, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. *A young taekwondo jin connects a roundhouse kick during a...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) along with heads of government agencies took part in signing the Joint Operational Guidelines (JOG) for Republic Act No. 11261 or the First Time Jobseekers Assistance Act (FTJAA). “The ceremonial signing activity is the culmination of the collective and...
Grab Philippines said it was surprised by the decision of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to impose a new penalty on the remaining refund for its customers and is evaluating its legal options on the fine. "We are surprised at PCC's decision to fine us - given that we've been proactively...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has slapped a fresh P9-million peso fine on Grab Philippines amid its failure to fully refund its customers more than three years after the anti-trust body first ordered the reimbursement. In a statement, PCC said that the latest fine is on top of the...
Urban population in the Philippines has increased by over 50 million in the last 50 years, with the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) saying that this would further increase to over 65 percent in two decades. Citing data from the *Manual of Operations for the Establishment of the...
