The number of teaching, teaching-related and non-teaching personnel in the country's public schools dwindled by 38,463 from 1,016,066 in 2022 to 977,603 in 2023. Despite the reduced number of teaching personnel, the Commission on Audit (COA) said its state auditors recorded an increase in the total...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (PPAB) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) doesn't have a single peso under its proposed budget for 2025 to implement Republic Act (RA) No.10353 or the “Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) headquarters (Manila Bulletin) Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Khalid Dimaporo acknowledged on Tuesday, Sep. 3, that the annual budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) was affected by “political...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has reaffirmed that the distribution utilities (DUs) can already implement tariff pass-on for capacities procured via emergency power supply agreements (EPSAs) even without securing provisional regulatory approval. In an advisory issued by the ERC, it...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) over its unsettled P12.297 billion notices of disallowances and suspensions, and the "substantial accumulated unliquidated" cash advances of P6.959 billion in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report, the COA blamed...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to protect members of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) following the alleged human rights violations during the...
A week into the Philippine National Police (PNP) operations in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Davao City, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reminded policemen that their operation should only involve the implementation of an arrest warrant, not a search warrant. In a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rolled out an incentive program to encourage delinquent corporations to restore their good standing by giving them discounts on penalties if they submit their delayed annual reports. Following the success of the amnesty program it implemented last...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Education (DepEd) over lapses in its P5.69 billion School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) in 2023, with reports of delays and non-delivery of nutritious food products (NFPs) and pasteurized milk in several regions. Worse,...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) "Suppression of public information" was what Vice President Sara Duterte sought to do when she tried--but failed--to prevent the Commission on Audit (COA) from submitting to Congress an audit...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Saturday, Aug. 31, that--for the first time ever--they would publish a copy of an aspiring candidate's Certificate of Candidacy (COC) online in relation to the May 2025 polls. "At gusto ko pong iannounce sa lahat ng...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has slapped system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) with P3.5 million worth of penalties for at least 10 transmission projects that it failed to deliver on targeted commercial operations date. A statement from the regulatory body...
