The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) confirmed that retroactive payments for education grants have been credited to the bank accounts of beneficiaries reinstated into the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), with payments beginning on Aug. 14. These grants had been...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto on Wednesday, August 14 said that the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) has not yet ventured into any investments and has only spent “very minimal” funds. Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB Photo) ...
The Department of Education (DepEd) can successfully implement the National Learning Recovery Program (NLRP) but it has to address the lack of consolidated data first in assessing learners’ competencies and foundational skills before going further, Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay said on...
The country is on the brink of a significant transformation in the housing sector with the introduction of a sovereign guarantee program. This initiative, approved by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., aims to address the country’s persistent housing backlog and expedite the construction...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is considering rationalizing the Senior High School (SHS) curriculum by making some subjects “elective” or voluntary for Grade 11 and 12 students. Senior High School students (DepEd file photo) In a Palace briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 13, Education...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 13 called on lawmakers to observe full transparency in the upcoming deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget. Hontiveros made the call during the Senate Committee on Finance’s first briefing on the proposed...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has extended the restructuring program for service loans (RPSL) until May next year to provide borrowers with more time to take advantage of longer and more manageable payment terms. In a statement, Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general...
Vanessa Sarno (AP Photo) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has applauded weightlifter Vanessa Sarno for her remarkable performance and determination at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. DSWD, through its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), expressed gratitude to 20-year-old...
A group of teachers on Saturday, Aug. 10, called on Education Secretary Sonny Angara to promptly “suspend the implementation” of two Department of Education (DepEd) Orders, citing that these directives have resulted in “a burdensome workload” for teachers. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN /...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is batting for massive reforms in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) National Learning Recovery Program (NLRP) in a bid to effectively target learners needing interventions. (MB file photo) “It seems to us that, first, it is not reaching the right clientele....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced that it can now disburse pay cash grants to over 700,000 reinstated family-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), following the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) approval of an additional P5...
The Senior High School National Task Force (SHS-NTF) on Thursday, Aug. 8, presented its recommendations to the Department of Education (DepEd) to improve the implementation of the SHS program. (Photo from DepEd Facebook page) The SHS-NTF presented the recommendations during a meeting with DepEd...
