The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) on Tuesday, Aug. 15, inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and Bureau of the Treasury for E-Governance Pay (eGovPay) at Ayuntamiento de Manila in Intramuros. Representatives of the...
(Photo by KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, welcomed the three-percent rice production growth of the country from January to June this year, calling it an “excellent news.” The Chief Executive was referring to the...
A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official said Tuesday, August 5, there is a high probability that a big number of Filipinos in Maui are affected by the devastating wildfire as the number of casualties remains undetermined. Assistant Secretary Paul Cortes attributed this to the...
While the government has yet to receive reports of displaced workers due to the suspension of all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, a Cabinet member said affected workers will be assisted. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO ARNOLD QUIZOL) Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the Department of Labor...
"Love the Philippines" logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro prodded the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday, Aug. 15 to file charges against Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) Philippines--the contractor behind the fiasco that was the "Love the...
DOT Secretary Christina Frasco (Screenshot from YouTube live) House of Representatives members have voiced out their concerns over the decreased budget of the Department of Tourism (DOT) under the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 versus...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved a P10-million grant to boost the production of dragon fruit in the island-province of Guimaras. DRAGON fruit from the island province of Guimaras. (Tara Yap) Maria Teresa Solis, chief of the DA-6 Agribusiness and...
(Unsplash) A Makabayan solon criticized on Tuesday, Aug. 15 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for supposedly being slow in providing assistance to Filipinos affected by the devastating wildfire in Maui, Hawaii in the United States (US). "It is disheartening to see...
​The Philippine Consulate in Hawaii still has no information on any Filipinos affected by the deadliest wildfire to hit Maui within the century. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, August 14, relayed the information from the consulate after an official of the Maui Filipino...
Former Education Secretary of the Philippines Leonor Briones (Photo courtesy of SEAMO Innotech) Leonor Briones, Director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization – Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH) and former Education Secretary of...
Investors in the renewable energy (RE) sector are intensifying their call on the inclusion of hybrid solar and energy storage in the next round of green energy auction (GEA) by the Department of Energy (DOE). The RE investors said the combination of hybrid solar and energy storage is the "silver...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has endorsed at least 74 new projects this year that will advance into the system impact study (SIS) phase by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). SIS refers to an engineering study that will comprehensively assess if additional...
