NEDA lauds amended PSA law Chino S. Leyco The amended Public Service Act (PSA) will encourage more foreign investments and innovation to lower prices, improve the quality of goods and services, as well as create more and better jobs, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. In a...
After thousands flocked the PasigLaban grand rally of Vice President Leni Robredo, University of the Philippines Professor Jorge Tigno said supporters of Robredo are "more diverse and inclusive." (Photo from VP Leni Robredo's Facebook page) In an interview over One News' The Big Story, Tigno said...
The Duterte administration has “successfully” completed its three-tranche foreign commercial borrowing on the back of volatile financial markets overseas, the Bureau of the Treasury announced. The Treasury bureau said Tuesday, March 22, that the government raised $2.25 billion, or roughly P118...
Six former Department of Education (DepEd) secretaries and four former Commission on Education (CHED) chairs backed on Tuesday, March 22, the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan (Photo from VP Leni Robredo's...
Sample PhilID card for illustration purposes (Photo from PSA-Philippine Identification System) Over 8 million Filipinos nationwide have received their Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards, said the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). As of March 4, 2022, PSA has delivered 8,176,454 cards to...
President Duterte said he is hoping that the next administration will continue the government's anti-insurgency programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). President Duterte during his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" address aired Tuesday morning,...
Aiming to raise awareness on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to the emotional and mental well-being of an individual, the National Anti-Poverty Commission - Local Affairs Coordinating and Monitoring Service (NAPC - LACMS) conducted a one-day mental health forum in Bukidnon. (Jansen Romero /...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has identified the government’s priorities and interventions to sustain the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and mitigate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Speaking at the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines, Socioeconomic...
An average Filipino student loses P6,600 per year or a total of P1.9 trillion due to school closures amid the ongoing global health crisis, according to a study conducted by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As of March, 312 out of 1,950 higher...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), the central human resource (HR) agency of the Philippine government said on Monday, March 21 that it supports the recommendation of the compressed four-day work week. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) During the Laging Handa public briefing, CSC Commissioner...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) held the groundbreaking ceremony of its Convergence Project on Housing Settlement in Bohol, the Commission announced on Sunday, March 20. The ceremony was held in Barangay Guinonocan in the Municipality of Tubigon, Bohol on Friday, March 18, 2022. (Image...
Fully vaccinated Filipinos should get booster shots against Covid-19 to further increase their protection against the viral disease, an official of the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) said. In this file photo taken on February 17, 2021 a nurse administers the Covid-19 vaccine to an...
