The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC) conducted a dialogue with the local chief executives (LCEs) on Wednesday, August 4, in a bid to enhance the link between the national government and its local counterpart in attaining a sustainable...
The government is moving to entice competent leaders and managers to consider a career in public service and stay. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) An executive order reinforcing the policy on the grant of career executive service officer (CESO) rank to graduates of the the...
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), the country’s most dominant religious group other than the Roman Catholic Church has gone a long way. It has evolved to become like a prototype of sorts that other sects tried but fell short of emulating. INC Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo (Photo: Iglesia Ni...
State-owned Social Security System (SSS) said its educational loans increased by more than half in the first semester of the year due to additional expenses incurred by students for flexible learning amid the pandemic. In a statement on Friday, July 23, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief...
Most local executives remained heavily dependent on income they received from the national government to fund their operations, data from the Department of Finance’s (DOF) Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) revealed. Based on the latest operating income reports submitted by local...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) lauded President Duterte's signing of an executive order that prioritizes the implementation of measures addressing adolescent pregnancies in the country. Filipino pregnant mothers (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Undersecretary for Population and...
OCEA, a French shipbuilding company, has pledged P1.5 billion in investments for a shipyard project in the Philippines that may potentially create 500-600 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. The investment pledge was revealed by OCEA Chief Executive Officer...
President Duterte is taking the lead in efforts to streamline the permitting process for power infrastructure projects in a bid to ensure their timely completion. President Duterte delivers his remarks during the inauguration of LRT-2 East Extension Project in Antipolo City on July 1, 2021...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Forest Management Bureau (FMB), is drafting an Executive Order (EO) that will elevate to national strategy status its efforts to regulate, rehabilitate, and develop the country's watersheds. A statement showed that the EO will...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, July 4 called on the government to address existing loopholes in delivering comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to properly implement policies geared towards teenage pregnancy prevention. Gatchalian said the passage into law of the Responsible Parenthood...
Industry thought leaders called for urgent coordinated policy reforms and new development strategies to strengthen the country’s competitiveness through trade and investments. Former BSP Deputy Governor for Monetary and Economics Sector Diwa C. Guinigundo in his keynote address at the recent...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has found a new home in Manila after apparently getting evicted from the Malacañang compound. The Presidential Communications Operations Office vacates the New Executive Building, its home for several years, and finds a new office space in...