President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 64, increasing the government workers' salaries and granting them an additional allowance. Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin, by authority of the President, signed EO 64 on August 2, 2024. It takes effect immediately. “Given the prevailing...
President Marcos will issue an executive order (EO) to institutionalize the development plan for small businesses in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the 2024 Presidential Awards for Outstanding Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises and Presidential Recognition for...
After its suspension last year, Malacañang has officially revoked the policy grating Career Executive Service (CES) ranks to graduates of master’s studies of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), citing the need to synchronize the standards and procedures for the conferment of...
President Marcos has formalized the reduction of tariff rate on rice from 35 percent to 15 percent. MB File Photo/Mark Balmores The rice tariff cut was formalized through Executive Order No. 62 which also ordered the modification of nomenclature and tariff rates on various products to ensure...
President Marcos has issued an executive order (EO) to streamline and harmonize the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System in government. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed EO No. 61 on June 3. It suspends the implementation of...
President Marcos is currently reviewing a proposed executive order (EO), which will serve as the “bible” to strengthen the country’s capacity in combatting against online sex abuse and exploitation of children as his administration underscores the need for a whole-of-nation approach against...
President Marcos has issued an executive order (EO) transferring the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) from the Department of Finance (DOF) to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to make it more responsive to the needs of small farmers, fisherfolk, and other agricultural stakeholders. The EO,...
As part of his administration's goal for achieving a meaningful economic transformation , President Marcos has ordered the streamlining of the permitting processes for the country's infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) to expedite their implementation. File photos Executive Secretary Lucas...
President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 57, which aims to strengthen the country's maritime security amid China's recent aggressive tactics and threats in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). File photos Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed the six-page EO on March 25, the same week...
President Marcos has ordered the establishment of a cyber and emerging threats office under the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) to adapt to evolving threats to national security. The Office of the Deputy Director General (ODDG) for Cyber and Emerging Threats will be...
President Marcos has ordered the reactivation of Task Force El Niño to come up with solutions to ensure food, water, and energy security amid the worsening dry spell, which is projected to last until the year's second quarter. Marcos gave the order via Executive Order (EO) No. 53, signed by...
President Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order (EO) No. 52, which institutionalizes and expands the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Pag-abot Program to take street dwellers and other poor and vulnerable individuals off the streets and help them become productive members of...
