The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Healthcare wants more community-based mental health services in the country. Photo CBCP-ECHC FB This amid the rising number of suicide-related incidents. Camillian Fr. Dan Cancino, executive secretary of ECHC, pressed for...
Senator Grace Poe has called on government agencies to lead the way in implementing truly beneficial work-from-home arrangements for civil servants amid the transport woes, but without compromising prompt and reliable delivery of services to all citizens. Poe, chairwoman of the Senate public...
All administrative and operational preparations for the Dec 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls have been commenced and are ongoing, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday, June 13. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said these activities include:...
John Rex Laudiangco will continue to serve as acting spokesperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Photo courtesy John Rex Laudiangco Acting Comelec Chairperson Socorro Inting relayed this information to Laudiangco in a memo dated June 10. "Please be advised that you shall continue to be...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has maintained the highest audit mark from the Commission on Audit (COA) for the fourth straight year. In a statement, the SEC said it has received an “unmodified opinion” from the COA, a testament to the Commission’s transparent...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 6,616 individuals out of 9,729 examinees have passed the Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The exams were given by the Board of Nursing in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal,...
NTC Alarmed at the upsurge of fake job text scams, the National Telecommunications Commission has ordered the country's biggest telecommunications firms to warn their subscribers not to be fooled by the fraudulent schemes. In a memo sent by the NTC for the second straight week to DITO Telecommunity...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, June 10, condemned the brutal slaying of Maricel Peralta, Election Officer of Mutia, Zamboanga del Norte. IMG-83a5d264126dc7e2cf9a0f882dbaca08-V The poll body said Peralta, accompanied by an Election Assistant, was on her way home on June 9 when a...
The Commission on Audit (COA), on Wednesday, June 8, flagged the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for unreliable accounting in the agency’s “Abandoned/ Surrendered Property/Assets,” noting that it had left unreported over 100 items in its inventory which include artworks and...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, is not registered with the Philippines’ securities and banking regulators. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Thursday, June 9, said Binance is not registered with the Securities...
All national candidates who won in the May 2022 polls have already submitted their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Comelec/MB Director Efraim Q. Bag-id of the Comelec Campaign Finance Office said these are those who ran for President, Vice...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said majority of national candidates in the May 2022 National and Local Elections beat the June 8 deadline for the filing of the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). Comelec/MB In a statement on Thursday, June 9, the poll body said the deadline...
