Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte expressed gratitude to the House appropriations committee for the approval of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) P2.3 billion budget for 2024. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (OVP photo) “We are grateful to the...
“There was nothing irregular or unauthorized” on the use of the 2022 confidential funds (CF) as the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has already complied with the required accomplishment reports for them, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Aug. 30. (From...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has stressed the need for additional resources to finance the implementation of its key programs, particularly the media and information literacy program that aims to combat fake news. PCO Secretary Cheloy Garafil (Photo courtesy of PCO) Presidential...
CEBU CITY – A three-day public hearing will be conducted to determine if this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental will push through or not. LIONEL Marco Castillano, officer-in-charge of the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7), briefs the...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – New witnesses are set to testify during the resumption of the Senate hearings on the assassination of Gov. Roel Degamo last March and various other killings in Negros Oriental over the past several years. MAYOR Janice Degamo (FB) This comes after additional cases of killings...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon has a question for senators: Why is there no hearing on inflation? The outspoken Guanzon has apparently been observing the marathon hearings in the upper chamber the past few days and this has caused her to wonder if inflation would...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has demanded complete physical attendance from the resource persons of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's inquiry on the alleged hoarding of agricultural products in the country. Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (PPAB) Barzaga made...
The US has inaugurated a hearing test facility in Batangas province as part of its multi-million program to help children with vision and heating disabilities. Ryan Washburn, director of US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas led on Jan. 13 the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday, Aug. 10, that she wants power suppliers and government agencies summoned for the upcoming Senate hearing on the power crisis in Oriental Mindoro. Aside from the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (Ormeco), Hontiveros also wants representatives from...
Those who applied for registration for the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls are not automatically registered as voters, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Comelec/MB Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco explained that the applications filed are still...
Some traffic personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be subjected to a thorough study to determine the impact of traffic exposure to hearing losses. MMDA Officer-in-Charge Director Baltazar Melgar said the study will be conducted by the University of the Philippines...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the hearing for the majority, minority parties and 10 major political parties on Tuesday, April 26. Comelec/MB On Monday, the poll body released the list of those that applied for accreditation. On the list are the following: National Unity Party,...
