Former administrator Hermenegildo R. Serafica of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has been ordered charged before the Sandiganbayan with violation of Republic Act No. 9184, the Government Procurement Reform Act, for alleged delays in the procurement of land tractors and harrows. Also,...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....
As rising electric bills and deteriorating services of power utilities often spark frustration and rage, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is targeting to debut next month its online platform to fast track resolution of complaints. The online platform will receive and correspondingly process...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The City Legal Office (CLO) confirmed they received a complaint from an unidentified worker of the local government here over the alleged delayed salary for workers through the 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center which has circulated on Facebook and was posted by a media news...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The registration of Subscriber Identity Module or SIM cards as prescribed under Republic Act No. 11934 has commenced, and the different public telecommunications entities (PTEs) have launched their respective online platforms where their subscribers must register in...
With the start of the SIM registration today, December 27, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched a 24/7 complaint center where the public can report issues related to the process. Some glitches are expected as the public telecommunications entities (PTE) fine...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 (Northern Mindanao) has vowed to punish employees disrespecting people asking for assistance. The DSWD-10 made the statement in response to DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo’s warning against employees from...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will set up a centralized online center to receive and answer complaints from taxpayers about arrogant and dishonest revenuers. Lilia Guillermo (Photo from dime.gov.ph) Incoming BIR Commissioner Lilia Guillermo said the program is aimed at enhancing the image of...
A “vote-buying” complaint was filed against Biñan City, Laguna Representative Marlyn “Len” Alonte-Naguiat, Mayor Walfredo “Arman” Dimaguila Jr., and Vice Mayor Angelo “Gel” Alonte before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, June 23. Complaint-Affidavit The...
Despite the left and right criticisms and accusations lodged against the Commission on Elections (Comelec), not even one complaint was received by the poll body from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV). Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia speaks at a press briefing of...
Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo, has filed a cyber libel case against a Manila-based news organization for the supposed intentional publishing of a defamatory news article against him and the Vice President. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice...
PROMDI Party presidential bet Sen. Manny Pacquiao is contemplating on withdrawing the cyber libel charges he filed against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy to clear the way for the immediate extradition and arrest of the religious leader by the United States government. Sen. Manny Pacquiao-DZRH Lawyer Nikki...
