Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday urged state prosecutors and other investigating agencies to immediately look into the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on the purported P1.44-trillion worth of infrastructure projects that are delayed, abandoned and/or left idle. “It is...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday criticized the government over the P1.44-trillion worth of infrastructure projects that the Commission on Audit (COA) had earlier flagged. COA has called out 17 government agencies over delayed, abandoned and idle infrastructure projects amounting...
The Office of the President (OP) will directly release funds to aid the victims of typhoon “Odette” in affected provinces, President Duterte said on Tuesday, Dec. 21. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) In his pre-recorded public address,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Monday, Dec. 20, the victims of typhoon Odette will not be left in the cold, as it assured the public that it has enough resources to sustain the ongoing disaster operations. (DSWD) The DSWD said it has enough relief items for...
President Duterte asked the local chief executives of the areas ravaged by Typhoon Odette to give the government more time to come up with the money to help them return to normal as he explained anew that most of the country's funds went to the fight against COVID-19. President Rodrigo Duterte...
President Duterte has committed P2 billion to help those affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Odette late this week, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the commitment during his meeting with the local chief executives when he visited...
As the country's weather bureau urged residents and travelers, especially in Visayas and Mindanao, to prepare against the possible impact of a tropical depression, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Sunday, Dec. 12, that it has available stockpiles and standby funds...
To assist them during the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) will be releasing an initial funding amounting to P100,000 for each identified public school. Pilot face-to-face classes in Buenavista Elementary School in Sorsogon City, Bicol....
Professors, researchers, university administrators and education professionals from leading universities nationwide on Saturday, Nov. 13, commended the Senate for defunding the National Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Academics Unite...
The Senate Committee on Finance has introduced a special provision under the proposed General Appropriations Act of 2022 that seeks to revert to the National Treasury funds lodged with the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) if it remains unspent by the end of 2023....
If she becomes president, Vice President Leni Robredo is eyeing the reorientation of some P500-billion discretionary funds from different government agencies to finance her COVID-19 recovery plan, which some critics said was “ambitious.” Vice President Leni Robredo presents the details of her...
The Department of Education (DepEd) issued the guidelines on the release, use, and monitoring and evaluation of Program Support Funds (PSF) for the printing and dissemination of information, education and communication materials, and conduct of learning sessions on the rights of the child in basic...
