Mobile phone users would now be required to take a “live selfie” before their SIM registration application is approved. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Sec. Ivan John Uy presents the agency's proposed 2024 budget before a Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing...
There will be no room for leniency for erring police officers whose acts may tarnish the reputation of the country's police force. (RTVM Screenshot) President Marcos made the statement during the oath taking ceremony of newly promoted star rank officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on...
Government-run National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP group had sealed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will explore ‘water management’ component of the Alimit hydro project – primarily those that go beyond electricity generation, such as irrigation and...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has seized more than P218 million worth of "fake" imported products during raids conducted in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Cavite and Aklan. Armed with search warrants, NBI agents seized in Tondo, Manila last Sept. 12 about P121 million worth of...
Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) have arrested a 29-year old man for allegedly selling abortion pills online during an entrapment operation in Binondo, Manila. Nabbed was Enrique Jose Bulda Jr. who is now detained at the Manila Police District and facing...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (left), House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (Facebook. PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez had earlier vowed that congressmen will pass the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or national budget for...
The Senate subcommittee on finance has approved the proposed budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. The DMW has proposed a P15.542-billion appropriation for next year. Of the amount, P11.9-billion would be allocated to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
Another concert in Malacañan will be held next month to celebrate this year's national teachers month. (Photo courtesy of PCO) According to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), a new set of rising homegrown Filipino artists and special guests will gather on stage on Oct. 1. Dubbed...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
President Marcos announced that the National Food Authority (NFA) Council had set a new price range for buying palay in response to the changing production and market conditions. File photo Marcos said this following his meeting with the NFA Council, which he heads, on Monday, Sept. 18. In a video...
Some senators are now looking into the possibility of limiting the number of valid official identification cards that would be accepted in the registration of subscriber identity modules (SIM). Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said the government...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will have extended work weeks for the rest of the month in a bid to stay on track with its target passage date of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
