President Marcos directed government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to support senior citizen activities during the annual celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week. Through Memorandum Circular No. 34 dated Sept. 29 and signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Marcos ordered the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, October 3 urged energy officials to implement game-changing reforms to reduce energy costs and alleviate the burden of electricity consumers. For one, Hontiveros said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and other private distribution...
(Civil Service Commission / Facebook) The Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) “Contact Center ng Bayan” has honored the top 10 government agencies for achieving the highest resolution rates for Fiscal Year 2022. The resolution rate measures the number of complaints an agency resolves compared to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, Oct. 2 that there should be clear rules and limitations in the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), whether it's at the local government or national government level. According to her, the 1987 Constitution empowers local government units...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on Monday, Oct. 2 kicked off the month-long celebration of Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month 2023. Photo credit to NCIP “The month-long observance is an avenue to promote reconciliation and understanding between our IP brothers and sisters and...
Car owners with comprehensive insurance for their motor vehicles are not required to buy compulsory third-party liability (CTPL) coverage when registering with the Land Transportation Office (LTO). Insurance Commissioner Reynaldo A. Regalado said comprehensive insurance coverage should meet the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed its 2020 decision which held liable former Manila mayor Jose L. Atienza Jr. and former city legal officer Melchor R. Monsod in the notice of disallowance (ND) for P34.7 million payment for a property bought by the city government in 2001. It dismissed the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Open Ownership (OO) in using its beneficial ownership data (BOD) to promote tax integrity. Last Sept. 22, the SEC conducted a focus group discussion (FGD) on Beneficial Ownership...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) will kick off this year's celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Rights Month (IP Month) and the 26th anniversary of the signing of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA). National Commission on Indigenous Peoples The celebration, with the theme...
After repeated warnings of drastically increasing penalties by October, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted a final one-month extension for amnesty applications of non-compliant and suspended or revoked corporations. Corporations, which have incurred penalties for the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed its full support to the consolidation and passage into law of two Senate bills which seek to address the issue on workers' contractualization "not only to protect the laborers' rights but also to ensure that businesses will thrive." "The need to...
(L-R) Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia and DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. signed a memorandum of agreement that aims to combat the deplorable practice of vote buying on Sept. 28, 2023 at the DND Building in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. (Photo by DND) Department of National Defense (DND)...
