The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released additional funds for the special risk allowance (SRA) of public and private healthcare workers battling the pandemic. In a statement, the budget department said on Wednesday, Sept. 29, that P451.31 million in additional SRA was released for...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez has stressed the need to scrap the Procurement Service - Department of Budget and Management (DBM-PS) following the issues and controversies hounding the government procurement agency. In filing House Bill No. 10222, Rodriguez said national government...
The decline in sardines catch in Bicol and Samar is now at an alarming rate, prompting international organization Oceana to urge the Philippine government to prioritize and hasten the implementation of the National Sardine Management Plan. Oceana recently released the results of its study,...
The Philippines has renewed its commitment to the international community to adopt anticipatory action to prevent or mitigate potential disaster impacts even before such crises happen. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. delivering his remarks during the virtual high-level humanitarian...
Information Technology Business Process Management (IT-BPM) enterprises in economic zones may implement a work-from-home (WFH) arrangement until the end of the first quarter next year, the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) approved. Based on the FIRB Resolution No. 19-21, IT-BPM enterprises...
France and the United Kingdom are seeking the support of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in calling for more ambitious international action to protect terrestrial and marine habitats all over the world in response to the unprecedented rate of biodiversity loss facing the planet....
As new coronavirus variants continue to emerge, President Duterte’s economic team believes that the COVID-19 illness may become a persistent infection that Filipinos should learn how to live with. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez The economic managers, composed of heads of the Department of...
President Duterte’s chief economic manager bucked the legislative proposals seeking to set a statutory debt limit and create the government’s committee in charge of fiscal discipline. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez During the House ways and means committee hearing on Monday, Sept.6,...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has issued the Notice of Award for the new P5.8 billion PCSO Lottery System to the joint venture led by Pacific Online Systems Corporation (POSC), a gaming firm controlled by businessman Willy Ocier. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...
Health workers from various hospitals are set to hold another mass protest on Monday, Sept. 6, after the Department of Health (DOH) allegedly failed to pay the benefits of medical frontliners under the Bayanihan to Recover As One 2 Act or Bayanihan 2. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Aug. 21,...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released additional funds to provide the delayed special risk allowance (SRA) for medical frontliners battling the pandemic. COVID-19 vaccine In a statement, the budget department announced late Friday, Sept. 3, that an additional P888.12 million in...
The Privatization and Management Office (PMO) has sought a review of the legal standing of the state-run Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) to manage and develop the government’s 9.9 hectare property in Pasay City. Privatization and Management Office (PMO) In a Department of Finance...
