With just less than a week before Election Day, May 9, at least 32 alleged members of private armed groups were arrested by authorities during a raid in Laguna. Comelec/MB “The chairman (Chairperson Saidamen B. Pangarungan) would like us to announce that there were 32 alleged members of private...
Several Korean private companies are heading to Mindanao to build partnerships with fellow private firms there, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines said Wednesday, April 20. Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Kim In Chul (Photo courtesy of Embassy of the Republic of Korea in...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has distributed more than P10 million cash to 13 confidential informants who helped the agency in the conduct of 22 successful anti-drug operations in various parts of the country. PDEA Director General Wilkins M. Villanueva handed out the monetary...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda on Friday called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to clarify the definition of “unrelated activities” under its Revenue Regulation 3-2022 to ensure that private schools and hospitals to reduce the any tax uncertainty. Salceda, chair of the...
Every April 9, the country celebrates Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) in honor of the Filipino and American soldiers who bravely fought for the Philippines’ freedom from the Japanese invaders during the World War II in 1942. The war culminated in the fall of Bataan where approximately 75,000...
The local government of Pasig City and Premier 101 Healthcare Management, Inc. signed on Thursday, March 24, a joint venture agreement for the maintenance, operation, and management of the newly constructed Pasig City Mega Dialysis Center (MDC). Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, Premier 101 Healthcare...
(Photo courtesy of DepEd) More than 10,000 schools offering basic education nationwide are currently implementing limited face-to-face classes in areas under Alerts Levels 1 and 2, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, March 23. In a virtual presser, DepEd Assistant Secretary Malcolm...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has proposed the creation of a risk management office (RMO) that will identify and evaluate contingent liabilities and other risks assumed by the government in relation to public private partnership (PPP) projects. In a statement, Grace Karen G. Singson said on...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, March 19 left it to the Filipino people to judge whether or not President Duterte’s vaunted "Build Build Build" (BBB) program was a success. Reacting to a query during a presidential debate sponsored by the Commission on Elections...
A total of 3,593 students from private schools in Pasay City, who qualified as “Travel Scholars”, received financial assistance amounting to P4,000 each. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano along with the city councilors distributed the financial assistance to the beneficiaries at the Cuneta Astrodome on...
To provide support to private education institutions offering basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has established the Private Education Office (PEO) at the DepEd Central Office (CO). (Photo courtesy of DepEd) "With the establishment of the PEO, DepEd can now fully exercise its...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III is pushing for an almost double increase in the daily minimum wage of private sector workers amid the continuous surge of prices of petroleum products. In an interview during the Lacson-Sotto tandem campaign sortie in Tuguegarao City, Sotto said the daily...
