House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will have extended work weeks for the rest of the month in a bid to stay on track with its target passage date of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – The body of a 53-year-old man who drowned on September 4 on the Agos River in Sitio Old Laiban, Barangay Laiban, Tanay, Rizal was found floating 30 kilometers away in Sitio Neo, Barangay Pagsangahan, this town, on Saturday afternoon, September 17. General Nakar...
President Marcos is skipping this year's United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, and will, instead, be represented by Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo. In a statement, Manalo said he will articulate the country's statement during the general debate...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) It's basically all systems go for the plenary debates of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024 after the House Committee on Appropriations approved on Thursday morning, Sept. 14 the schedule for the...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference held ahead of the high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Xie E) UNITED NATIONS -- It is in the interest of everybody to have a...
Senators on Wednesday, Sept. 13 expressed dismay at the quality of employment that graduates from the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are getting after they found out that there are some who are landing below minimum-wage jobs. Senate Majority Leader Joel...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has sold its property in Sta. Mesa to the Social Housing Finance Corp. (SHFC) for the construction of an affordable high-rise condominium project. In a statement, GSIS President and General Manager Wick Veloso said that SHFC purchased the pension...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted six former officials of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) of their graft charges in the alleged irregular deals for the supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of various testing and training tools and equipment worth P358.4...
AFP Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. visits the wake of five CAFGU members who died in an armed encounter with New People's Army rebels in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Sept. 8, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. lauded the bravery and selfless commitment of...
(L-R) Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. meet at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Sept. 8, 2023. (Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will purchase multi-role fighter aircraft...
Philippine Army (PA) vice commander Major Gen. Steve Crespillo was formally installed on Tuesday, September 5, as the new commander of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom). PA spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad, in a statement on Wednesday, September 6, said the change of command...
