The Makati City local government spearheaded the 15th CityNet Disaster Cluster Seminar on Wednesday, June 7, as part of its efforts in promoting climate change awareness and sustainability and forging relationships with other cities around the globe in creating disaster risk reduction (DRR)...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested three men for dumping human waste in a creek in Barangay Puting Kahoy, Silang, on Wednesday, June 7. Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as April C. Estrelles, Marlon N. Alegria, and Abner Flores Baal Jr. Initial investigation by Silang...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* When I was given the honor to serve our country as budget secretary, I already knew my “why.” It was to make a positive difference and push for fiscal reforms through policies and action. Recently, I wrote about how an open...
Government spending is vital to national growth. It is one of the four components of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The other three are consumer spending, business investment, and net exports. In the past two years, Statista reports that the ratio of government expenditure to GDP in the past three...
Israel has pitched opening an agricultural hub to support the Philippines' and Israel's goal to work together in the areas of agriculture and water management. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with Israeli officials in Malacañang on June 5, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Yummie...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 29, tasking all government offices and local government units (LGUs) to adopt and implement an integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) in their transactions with the general public. *President...
BEYOND BUDGET *Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.* “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” — Mahatma Ghandi Each of us may be from different backgrounds and upbringings, but as Filipinos, we're tied together by a common history and environment,...
Fresh River Lakes Corp. (FRLC), a subsidiary of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, has already been served with the "notice of award" on its winning bid for the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydropower facility in Nueva Ecija. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the company stipulated that...
Forty-one organizations responded to the call to be part of "Campaign Against Malnutrition and Child Stunting" (CAMACS) convened by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) with various stakeholders to operationalize the campaign. MAP President Benedicta Du-Baladad stressed that...
CAVITE – Local government units (LGU) and the provincial police office are preparing for the possible impact of super typhoon "Betty." In a statement on Saturday, May 27, Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) director Col. Christopher F. Olazo directed chiefs of police to coordinate with local...
The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) advised the public Wednesday, May 24, to prepare for the possible impacts of Super Typhoon “Mawar” off the Pacific Ocean which is poised to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and be given the local name “Betty”. (Search and rescue teams...
The coffers of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will be shored up by as much as $526 million by the end of this year, with the anticipated payment of Fresh River Lakes Corporation on its acquisition of the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydroelectric power plant...
