Still smarting from accusations that it spent billions of pesos in public funds for overpriced COVID-19 supplies, the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management was assailed anew for hoarding P5.53 billion allocated by government for the purchase of learning materials. Rep. France...
Editorial Election watchers are now predicting that this upcoming campaign for national elective posts will not only be one of the most divisive in our history, but may also become one of the most wasteful. In the absence of crowd-drawing rallies or mammoth miting-de-avance near election day,...
While the Department of Health was scolded for overstocking millions of pesos of medicine, a Department of Tourism received a similar rebuke from the Commission on Audit (COA) for clogging its bodegas with over P52 million in promotional materials. Scenic spot Tourism In its 2020 Annual Audit...
The Paranaque City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) has rolled out a livelihood project which aims to give additional income to members of the community relations and information division (CRID) by selling products made of "upcycled" materials. According to Engineer Tere Quioge,...
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt has received the first batch of the raw materials to manufacture China's Sinovac vaccine, said the Chinese embassy in Egypt on Sunday. Along with the Sinovac raw materials, a new shipment of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines also arrived at the Cairo International Airport on...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Aboitiz Power Corporation’s planned issuance of fixed-rate bonds worth up to P30 billion. The SEC said AboitizPower may issue the debt securities in one or more series within three years. For the first tranche, the listed...
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. reported a 47 percent fall in consolidated net income to P8.3 billion in the first nine months of 2020 from the P15.7 billion posted in the same period of last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it recognized non-recurring losses of P5...
Proper arrangement and combination of foliage and flowers create a fresh, vibrant look that enhances the ambiance of a setting. In the previous article , Cris De Leon, a florist from JADD Flowershop and an instructor in Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) Los Baños, gave a brief background...
Actress Andi Eigenmann proves mothers don't need to spend much just to give their children a set of toys. On her recent vlog, the 30-year-old showcased how she was able to make a toy kitchen set out of recyclable materials. Andi Eigenmann (YOUTUBE / MANILA BULLETIN) "It's a much cheaper way to come...
