Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reportedly authorized the use portions of the agency’s savings in 2018 instead of reverting the full amount to the Bureau of Treasury (BT) as provided by law. Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate made...
TESDA The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said that a total of 76,355 Filipinos submitted their application for the agency's scholarship programs during its three-day National TVET Enrollment Day (NTED) held last August 25 to 27. The agency said that the applicants...
TESDA The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) bared that Caregiving National Certificate (NC) II is the most preferred TESDA training by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). “Caregiving NC II is still the most in demand training course of the Technical Education and Skills...
Two years after its Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with the Philippine government expired, Australian-Canadian miner OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) is now allowed to resume the operations of its gold-copper mining project in the country until 2044. This is on condition...
Legal issues of BSP’s ‘digital banknote’ initiative MB file After the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) created a Technical Working Group (TWG) in June 2020 as initial research on a possible central bank digital currency (CBDC), it released a more comprehensive study in March this year on...
Food and beverage giant Nestlé has remained optimistic about the continued growth of the Philippines coffee industry. To support this optimism, Nestle also forged a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for the provision of...
President Duterte has lauded the start of the national identification program despite initial technical difficulties that marred the online registration. President Rodrigo Duterte receives his national ID from National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua in Malacañang...
The Philippine government has already finalized the updated Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with Australian-Canadian miner OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) nearly two years since the major mining deal expired. MGB Director Wilfredo Moncano (Photo credit:...
Australian-Canadian miner OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) said the renewal of its Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with the Philippine government for the Didipio gold and copper mine in Nueva Vizcaya has remained uncertain. And that the company now expects to spend $1.5...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) today (February 22, 2021) announced that Dito Telecommunity Corporation passed its first technical audit. The third telco even surpassed the required minimum average broadband speed set at 27 megabits per second (Mbps), according to independent...
Aga Muhlach Award-winning actor Aga Muhlach unleashed the kid in him as he shared the toys that made him happy in his younger days. On Instagram, Aga uploaded photos of water guns with the caption: "good times indeed! #watergun " Asked where he got the water guns, Aga said: "From classmates...
Aga Muhlach Actor Aga Muhlach reunited with his grade school classmates as they shared fond memories via group chat recently. "Classmates from grade school invited me to their chat group. Nothing but good memories growing up and now in touch with them. ??? Surreal! Great way to start the...
