Senator Imee Marcos is set to write a "love letter" to Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero and Senate Finance Committee Chairperson Senator Grace Poe to address concerns regarding the bicameral conference committee procedures on the national budget which, for her, requires some changes....
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted a fuel tanker and four lorries caught transferring smuggled fuel at the Port of Batangas. The BOC said the operation, conducted on Wednesday, Oct. 16, was a result of intelligence gathered by the BOC-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service...
Findings from the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) revealed that government programs currently support only one percent of the country’s "best and brightest" students. (DepEd file photo) In a statement issued on Saturday, Oct. 12, EDCOM 2 highlighted that gifted and...
The Angat Sining Arkitektura interns were inducted at the United Architects of the Philippines headquarters, which will also host the upcoming Arki sessions (Photo courtesy of Erick Cusi/Angat Buhay) For these aspiring architects, the dream of shaping spaces is now within reach. Selected for the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said that 159,000 new students will benefit from the increase in Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) beneficiaries from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households, which will receive financial assistance for education-related expenses. Based on an analysis by the...
Photo from Pixabay The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Oct. 10 said the conditionalities for the “First 1,000 Days” (F1KD) grant have been finalized for approval, as the nutrition-specific additional grant moves toward full implementation in 2025. The F1KD cash...
The Philippine government is seeking a one-year extension and partial reallocation of a World Bank loan that has been partly funding the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) since 2021. A World Bank restructuring paper showed that the Department of Finance (DOF) on Sept. 17 requested the...
Social Security System President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on August 20 at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center that will ensure the social security coverage of 525 job order (JO)...
Photo from Pixabay In preparation for the rollout of the “First 1000 Days” (F1KD) conditional cash grant in 2025, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is calling on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) household-beneficiaries with pregnant members or children up to two...
A group of education workers on Monday, Sept. 30, voiced strong opposition to the Senate's renewed efforts to reinstate the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, the mandatory ROTC...
For its pro-environment advocacies and for implementing proper waste management in its communities, the town of Binangonan in Rizal province bagged the top environment award for the most number of compliant villages in District 1 of the province. During the recent 11 th anniversary of the...
"We waited for this for such a long time." Many years after its inception, the P8.3-billion Panguil Bay Bridge Project is finally ready to service the people from Tangub City in Misamis Occidental and Tubod town, Lanao del Norte. INCREASED CONNECTIVITY — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
