Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has vowed to push for the improvement of migrant workers' employment contracts during the first meeting of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Government Sector in Switzerland this month. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO /...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported a downtrend in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city. The CESU reported to Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano that 269 new cases were recorded on Oct. 12. Based on the surveillance unit’s report on Oct. 14, only 88 out of 201...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government will follow the decision of the Inter Agency Task Force on the next alert level that will be imposed in the National Capital Region (NCR). Metro Manila is under Alert Level 4 until Oct. 15. According to city Public Information Office...
Some senators on Wednesday suggested that local government units (LGUs) should take the lead in feeding programs administered by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) and other government agencies. During the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the budget of Department of Health (DOH) and its...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced that a total of 437,236 individuals -- equivalent to 83.69 percent of the 521,410 target population -- were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Olivarez said the number of fully vaccinated individuals in the city was based on the Mach 5-Oct. 9 record of...
The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Pasay City announced that the registration of voters in the city’s two biggest malls will continue from Oct. 11 to 30. Atty. Ronald Santiago, Pasay City Comelec officer, said the continuation of the voter registration will be held at Level 2 South...
Debt payments by the Philippine government declined significantly in August due to lower principal payments to domestic creditor, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The national government's debt servicing reached P75.08 billion last August, 51 percent lower than the P152.39 billion paid...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has cited the significant role of the local government units in improving Filipinos’ quality of life through building sustainable communities and cities. (DOST-PCIEERD) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they consider LGUs as...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat urged tourism establishments anew to apply for the government's Safety Seal program to gain back the trust of tourists to travel again and help in the safe revival of the industry amid the pandemic. Safety Seal (FILE PHOTO) "The Safety...
Short-term benchmark interest rates slightly rose as investors anticipated inflation last month moved at a much faster pace than the government’s target. At a Bureau of the Treasury auction on Monday, Oct. 4, the bellwether 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans,...
Krizle Grace Mago, an incorporator and former regulatory officer of embattled Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corporation, on Monday, Oct. 4 retracted her statement in admitting before the Senate that the firm had “swindled” government, stressing that it was a “pressured response” to a question...
The House Committee on Good Government held on Monday, Oct. 4 its last hearing on the motu propio inquiry into allegations of overpricing of medical supplies procured by government amid allegations that it has been bias in favor of state agencies and the embattled supplier, Pharmally...
