The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the Quezon City local government for its free breast cancer screening program that benefitted 22,476 women in the city's six districts. It said it received reports that of those who availed themselves of the program, 146 tested positive for breast...
TGIF is not something that electricity consumers in the Luzon grid can happily look forward to, as they will have to close the week agonizing over new threats of rotational blackouts with Luzon grid being placed on ‘red alert’ for the third time this week. On Friday morning, system operator...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon welcomed the Commission on Audit’s “unmodified opinion” for the Muntinlupa City government’s financial report for 2023. Unmodified opinion, according to COA, “is issued when the auditor concludes that the financial statements are prepared, in all material...
Senators are urging the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to look into the alleged sale of degrees to foreign students in Cagayan, with the prices fetching as high as P2 million. Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero urged security analyst and founding president of the International Development and...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said on Thursday, April 18, that they are planning to file a motion for reconsideration (MR) on the Supreme Court's (SC) ruling on the poll body's decision to disqualify Smartmatic-TIM Corporation from the public bidding in connection...
Photo from Unsplash The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has received a pledge from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to provide technical assistance to the Commission's digital transformation (DX) program. CSC Chairperson Karlo Nograles and Commissioner Aileen Lourdes Lizada led the kick-off meeting...
The provincial government of Leyte "misused" P1.287 million of its Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF) for catering services and other unrelated activities in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual audit report, COA said disbursements...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made permanent the cease and desist order (CDO) it issued against Maria Francesca Tan (MFT) Group of Companies, Inc. and Foundry Ventures I, Inc., along with their officers and agents. In a resolution promulgated on April 1, the Commission En Banc...
Amid allegations of delayed Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) payments for Academic years (AYs) 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero de Vera III on Wednesday, April 17, denied news reports about his negligence of duties and responsibilities. (CHED Chairman...
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero de Vera III vowed on Wednesday, April 17, to continue improving the commission's programs and services despite being one of the top government agencies with the highest performance rating in the latest survey conducted by OCTA Research. (Photo...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has removed the minimum amount of commission that stockbrokers may charge their customers as part of changes being implemented to spur trading activity in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). The Commission on April 16 issued SEC...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) said it has no choice but to proceed with the initiation of delisting proceedings against Abra Mining Industrial Corporation (AR) pursuant to its Involuntary Delisting Rules after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found the firm to have "illegally"...
