A proud former beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Sheena Mae Magdato Obispo, topped the September 2024 Social Worker Licensure Exam with a score of 87 percent. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development/Facebook) Another former beneficiary of the...
President Marcos has certified the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) as an urgent measure, allowing lawmakers to expedite the passage of the P6.352-trillion national budget on the second and third reading on the same day. File photos Acting Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez confirmed that...
Officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), led by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, met with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Jose Francisco Benitez to discuss “preferential treatment” for senior high school graduates among the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has incorporated measures to “disaster-proof” its programs and services by implementing adaptive and shock-responsive social protection systems, said spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao. To achieve this, she highlighted the need...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted two fuel tankers, worth a combined P695 million, at the Navotas Fish Port for allegedly engaging in the illegal fuel transfer practice known as "paihi." In an operation by the BOC's Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services-Manila International...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) successfully held the SEC Small and Medium Industries and Large Enterprises Embracing Sustainability (SMILEES) Roadshow in Baguio City on Sept. 18, 2024. The event was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
A Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) official on Wednesday, Sept. 18 urged household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to utilize the grants to support their children’s education and health. “I hope our 4Ps beneficiaries take care of the grants. I...
In the first five years of its implementation, fuel marking added to government coffers a total of P988.8 billion in tax revenues, inching closer to the P1-trillion mark with one more year before the program's contract ends. The latest data obtained by Manila Bulletin on Tuesday, Sept. 17, showed...
The Department of Health (DOH) is set to expand its National Immunization Program (NIP) after President Marcos instructed the agency to reach a higher fully immunized children goal and approved a 40-percent increase in budget from 2021 to the present. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’...
TUPAD workers (Courtesy of DOLE) In a significant boost to the Philippine workforce, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided financial aid and temporary job opportunities to 1,062,499 informal sector workers through its Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The House of Committee on Appropriations' per agency deliberations on the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2025 was concluded on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10 with the "conditional...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said the passage into law of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2721 is a "significant step" towards the reintegration into society of former drug dependents. SB 2721 is a proposed "Act Mandating the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to Design and Implement...
