The Senate Committee on Finance has approved the proposed budgets of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and the National Security Agency for next year. NICA has a proposed budget of P1.432-billion under the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024, higher than its...
There is something fundamentally wrong if the Office of the Vice President is guaranteed a higher confidential and intelligence fund (CIF) over the Department of National Defense (DND) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and other government agencies whose primary task includes...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has joined hands with other government agencies to effectively disseminate the government’s efforts to achieve peace in the country. OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., PCO Secretary Cheloy Garafil, and PIA Director General Jose Torres Jr. sign the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have sealed a loan agreement to assist the Philippines during disasters and health emergencies. In a statement, the DOF said Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno and JICA Senior Vice President Nakazawa Keiichiro...
The Philippines has stepped up its air quality monitoring capacity as it partners with South Korea in a bid to improve the government's plans and policies. Manila and Seoul recently signed a partnership agreement to roll out the Pan-Asia Partnership for Geospatial Air Pollution Information and the...
A Filipino who was trafficked to Myanmar and forced to work as a cryptocurrency scammer in a Chinese-led syndicate but was rescued by the government was among the 650 workers authorities found in a suspected “scam hub” in Pasay City. Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty of the Inter-Agency...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged the National Security Council (NSC) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) to continue upholding the country's interest and the security of the Filipino people as he hailed them for their "boundless service" to the country....
As the Asian Try Zero Gravity (ATZG) 2023 kicks off, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) announced on Tuesday, July 18 the six official entries that will represent the Philippines in the competition. "Oloid's Movement in Microgravity" by Paul Anton D. Mahinay of URT. (Photo credit to PhilSA) "The...
The Bureau of Customs will revive the operations of the Philippines Customs Laboratory (PCL) for proper and accurate analysis of chemical products entering the country, which in turn, would determine the appropriate imposable duties on imported products. BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said the PCL...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 25 urged the public to be wary of finance applications that can be downloaded online on Google Play or Apple Store and other websites but are actually lending applications that victimizes oblivious customers. ...
Recognizing the importance of information before, during, and after disasters, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Monday, June 19, called on the public to use Open Data Kit (O DK) application. The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) hosted a press conference on Citizen Science for Space Data...
The country’s Maya-5 and Maya-6 cube satellites (cubesats), the second batch of Philippine university-built cubesats, were successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday night, June 5, according to the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). Maya-5 and Maya-6 flew onboard the...
