CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama with then Transportation Secretary Art Tugade. (FB) CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama has signed an executive order (EO) paving the way for the return of full face-to-face classes in colleges and universities here. Rama issued EO No. 174 entitled “Order Balik Eskwela,...
Days before the Duterte administration ended, Malacañang issued Executive Order (EO) No. 174, establishing the expanded career progression system for public school teachers. File Photo (Noel B. Pabalate) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed EO 174 by the authority of President Duterte...
Unperturbed by the warning from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), authorities made no arrests in Cebu province with some doing away with the face mask rule amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In an ABS-CBN report on Thursday, June 16, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia maintained that...
President Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 172, implementing the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP), as he cited the need to increase coconut farmers' overall productivity and income. Farmers unhusk coconuts in a remote villages of Piklt, the top coconut producer in...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, June 3 said he will ask President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to issue an executive order that would suspend the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premium hike scheduled this year. Former Senator JV Ejercito (Cesar...
To promote the efficient delivery of services, especially amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Malacañang has ordered all government offices to adopt digital payments for their respective disbursements and collection. Photo from PIXABAY Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed President...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said the pension fund has added security measures in its My.SSS Portal to protect the accounts of its members, employers, and pensioners. In a statement, Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief executive officer said Friday, May 6, that among the new...
Self-employed, voluntary, non-working spouse, and land-based Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) members may now pay their contributions using ShopeePay, the Social Security System (SSS) announced. In a statement, Michael G. Regino, president and chief officer said on Wednesday, May 4, that ShopeePay, a...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday, May 3, the government must continue its probe on the disappearances of missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts even if President Duterte already ordered to stop its operations. Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Pacquiao’s Facebook...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) wants to trim down further its financial obligations by implementing cost-cutting measures while increasing revenue collection, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Irene Joy Besido Garcia, PSALM president and...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), on Monday, April 11, welcomed the signing of Executive Order (EO) 167 which aims to strengthen the organizational structure of PCW. (Image courtesy of PCW) “This EO raises the Chairperson’s rank to Undersecretary, increases sectoral representation, and...
Malacañang has issued an executive order to strengthen the organizational structure of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), noting its expanded role and scope of work. Philippine Commission on Women logo (via Facebook) Based on Executive Order No. 167 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador...
