Citizen Watch, an independent network of advocates seeking to raise the interests of the public, said in order to “embrace digitalization,” the country needs to boost its digital infrastructure and at the same time upgrade the digital skills of Filipinos. (Unsplash) For Citizen Watch...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public that its Central Office, Field Offices, and National Resource Operations Center have over P1.4 billion worth of standby funds and stockpiles in preparation for tropical depression Rosal. Courtesy of Department of Social...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista have agreed to help expedite the distribution of fuel subsidies to thousands of tricycle drivers nationwide. The two met on Friday, December 9, to discuss the concerns of thousands of tricycle drivers who have yet to receive...
DOH The government’s pandemic task force instructed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to further study the proposal on decoupling restrictions from the Covid-19 alert level system. This was discussed during the recent Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has distributed 3,524 certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) in South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani. In a statement, DAR said the distributed CLOAs to 3,273 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) cover a total of 6,103 hectares of...
The Philippine goverment must take prompt decisive actions on the latest sanctions imposed by the United States (US) Department of Treasury against controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy, the Gabriela Women’s Party said on Sunday, Dec. 11. Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas (left) and Pastor Apollo...
Determined to implement the planned sovereign wealth fund, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said has identified other sources of financing that will take up the slack following the exit of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) as original funders of the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will tackle the issue of alleged deficiencies of Filipino seafarers during his trip to Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang Photo) DFA-Office of ASEAN Affairs...
Editorial The barangay health workers are a very special group of people in the community. They are vital to the delivery of primary health care to the people in the grassroots level. In the early days of the pandemic, the BHWs were the first responders to the public health problem brought by...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Region 4A was lauded for its exemplary commitment in championing local governance through information and communications technology (ICT). (DICT Calabarzon) This was through their implementation of Local Governance Regional Resource...
The legal team of televangelist Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his church, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), has lamented the alleged lack of due process when the United States imposed sanctions on their client, who they said is not convicted of any crime yet. They made the reaction on Saturday after...
A good development. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (House of Representatives website) That's how Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro described the developments in the stateside cases against Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (KOJC)...
