Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) An Albay congressman has expressed his backing to the call of most mayors in the province to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI). This, as Albay 2nd district...
Ex-Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook, Screenshot from Zoom) A former congressman has refuted Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman’s assertion that Charter change (Cha-cha) through People's...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales is looking at a People's Initiative (PI) as the mode that could actually launch Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts...
The Philippines has joined a regional initiative that aims to set tailored solutions to ensure the implementation of tax transparency standards across Asia, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the Philippines has endorsed the Bali Declaration, which calls...
RL Commercial REIT (RCR), the real estate investment trust sponsored by Robinsons Land Corporation, has earned its second EDGE certification from Philippine Green Building Initiative Inc. (PBGI). The REIT said its office tower Cyberscape Beta was awarded its EDGE certificate after an assessment of...
China is willing to extend its hands to the Philippines in modernizing the latter’s infrastructures and attaining development for the people, its top diplomat in the country said. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian expressed China's readiness to join the country in focusing "on...
Officials of the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are set to join as fellows United Sates-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (US-ASEAN) University Connections Initiative (UCI) in the US. (TESDA/Manila Bulletin) TESDA Deputy Director General for TESD Operations Aniceto D....
The Philippine government is expecting to get some 1.5 billion renminbi (nearly 12 billion pesos) in pledges from the Chinese government for the country's infrastructure project, which will come after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s state visit to China. Aside from the grant, the...
Initiative , the culturally-driven media agency within IPG Mediabrands , announced their appointment as media agency of record for the Philippines’ first-ever all-in-one banking app, Maya . The news comes following a multi-agency pitch in October. Initiative Philippines has been awarded the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants to further foster the government’s revenue collection from extractive industries, which the Marcos administration believes to be one of the drivers of the country’s long-term economic expansion. At the FORGE PH: Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency...
The first integrated resort in the Philippines is also the first in the Asia-Pacific to switch to cage-free eggs I LOVE EARTH Resorts World Manila’s general managers and their chefs at the launch of its Sustainable Culinary initiative advocating the use of cage-free eggs (from left) Jan Marshall...
A new plant species, Begonia francisabuidii, was discovered in Albay and was named after the late young Bicolano conservation biologist Francis Gregor Abuid. (Photo from PTI) The plant was published by members of the Philippine Taxonomic (PTI) in collaboration with researchers from Bicol...
