Vice President Leni Robredo is confident that she can augment the number of people that she had helped if she will win the presidency in the May 2022 polls and one way to do this is to empower barangays-- the first responders of people in the communities. Vice President Leni Robredo during the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said she would continue the Build, Build, Build, infrastructure program of the Duterte administration but will put more emphasis on public-private partnerships (PPPs) instead of loans. Vice President Leni Robredo (Screenshot from the Commission on...
By DHEL NAZARIO and JEL SANTOS True to his word, presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. was a no show at the Commission on Elections' (Comelec’s) Pilipinas Debates 2022 that kicked off on Saturday, March 19. Photo shows Comelec Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan, Comm. George...
A group challenged the newly-appointed chairperson of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Karlo Nograles to “once and for all” resolve the issue of teachers' unpaid overtime for School Year (SY) 2020–2021. (Photo from Alliance of Concerned Teachers - Philippines Facebook page) In a letter...
Aiming to raise awareness on the basic concept of gender and sexuality, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) conducted a four-day gender sensitivity training in Cebu City. (Image courtesy of PNA / National Anti-Poverty Commission) NAPC’s Gender and Development (GAD) unit held the training...
Passers of the Optometrist Licensure Examination will have their online oathtaking on March 25, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory, PRC said the online oathtaking at 10 a.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Lucena through Zoom. Oath takers are...
A total of 1,427 individuals out of 2,837 examinees have passed the March 2022 Physician Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, March 18. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The licensure examination was given by the Board of Medicine in Manila, Baguio,...
A total of 300 urban poor indigenous people (IPs) residing in Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan have benefited from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor’s (PCUP) Disaster Resilience Caravan, the Commission announced on Friday, March 18. The Disaster Resilience Caravan...
The pandemic and the economy. Comelec/MB These will be the topics in the first Pilipinas Debates of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which will kick off on Saturday, March 19, at Sofitel Tent in Pasay City. In an interview, Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said the said topics for the first...
For promotional purposes, social networking site Twitter will release a special emoji for Pilipinas Debates 2022, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez said on Friday, March 18. Screenshot from Comelec's Twitter account "Naglabas sila ng special emoji para sa lahat ng gagamit ng...
The Life Underwriters Association of the Philippines (LUAP) launched its first-ever national awards program for the country’s top life insurance advisors and companies. In partnership with the Insurance Commission (IC), LUAP unveiled the Philippine Life Insurance Agents Awards (PhilLIAA). A...
Newly-appointed Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles vowed to change public service delivery by modernizing it and professionalizing the civil service as the new chief of the central human resource agency of the government. (CSC / MANILA BULLETIN) In his first formal address as...
