The Senate has reduced the House of Representatives’ version of the proposed budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for next year by over P714-million. Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos disclosed this during the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, November 16 said he expects power consumers to greatly benefit from the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) decision to reduce the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) annual revenue to P36.7-billion. The amount is...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said achieving the lower end of the government's growth target range is still achievable due to increased public spending and the upcoming holiday season. During a briefing in San Francisco, California, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported that it extended P934.56-million worth of loans to at least 24 electric cooperatives (EC) as of end-October this year. The electrification agency emphasized that the released loans to ECs had been anchored on its Enhanced Lending...
Famed for gaining his expertise and solid experience as a power industry veteran and former executive of the country’s biggest power distribution utility Manila Electric Company, Engineer Fortunato “Atoy” C. Leynes has been designated under the Marcos administration as the new President and...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) released the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11927 or the Philippine Digital Workforce Competitiveness Act. The law is mandated to conceptualize and promote policies that would enhance the competitiveness of the...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to clarify its stand on abortion warning that their executive director’s stand pushing for its decriminalization, is dangerous. Cayetano pointed this out during the Senate’s plenary debate on the proposed...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of the National Food Authority (NFA) which challenged the real property tax (RPT) imposed by the municipality of Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao. The NFA questioned the municipality's RPT assessment against it as it argued that it is a government...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, November 14, welcomed the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency’s (NICA) support to the proposal seeking to ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) from the country to combat the proliferation of transnational crimes. Gatchalian, who has...
The chief of the Taguig police belied speculations by netizens about the death of two female students inside the Signal Village National High School (SVNHS). Despite the declaration by the Taguig police and Southern Police District (SPD) that there was no foul play in the death of students...
A group on Tuesday, Nov. 14, decried the “neglect” of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) by the House of Representatives in the realignments it made on the proposed 2024 national budget. (MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “It seems our representatives have failed to see and...
