The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) following recent calls to cut the budget and defund the anti-insurgency task force. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) In...
The Boses, Opinyon, Siyasat, at Siyensya para sa Pilipinas (BOSES Pilipinas) launched on Wednesday, Nov. 17, an online fake news quiz in line with its efforts to build an empowered and well-informed generation of Filipino voters. (Screenshot from What the Fake?! website) Titled "What the Fake?!:...
Healthcare workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City were among the first to get the booster shots provided by the national government as “early Christmas gifts” to them after its administration was officially launched on Wednesday, Nov. 17. A healthcare...
Youth who are highly inclined to vote in the May 2022 elections have high accuracy in identifying real news, a survey jointly conducted by the Ateneo School of Government (ASOG), Boses, Opinyon, Siyasat, at Siyensya para sa Pilipinas (BOSES Pilipinas), and Participate PH. (Unsplash) The Pinoy...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday, Nov. 17 supported a proposal to increase the 2022 budget of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in order to improve the justice system in the country. Pimentel, a former Senate President, also lauded the decision to fast track the modernization of...
A strong political will is needed for the national government to sell the large Muntinglupa national penitentiary and establish three regional detention centers, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto on Wednesday, Nov. 17 said. Sotto, thus, threw his support to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon...
A resolution enumerating the rules and regulations on the ban, bearing, carrying, and transportation of firearms has been released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which will take effect during the election period. Police conduct a checkpoint in Manila to apprehend violators of the...
Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC) has partnered with the National Dairy Authority (NDA) and University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños to launch a pilot training program for Filipino dairy farmers. The training program, now being conducted by AMC and the Dairy Training Research Institute (DTRI) of...
ICYDK, November is National Reading and Book Month How would you define a good companion? Someone who is easy to be around? Someone who is interesting? Someone who shares wonderful stories? Someone who is there whether the going gets good or rough? Though inanimate, we guess we can all agree that a...
Various groups denounced on Tuesday, Nov. 16, the arrest of child rights and women's rights leader Sally Crisostomo-Ujano on Nov. 14 in Bulacan. (Photo from Karla Ujano) Crisostomo, 64, national coordinator of children's rights non-profit organization Philippine Against Child Trafficking (PACT) was...
Small Filipino savers can now take a piece of the government's latest Retail Treasury Bond (RTB) sale. Bureau of the Treasury office The Bureau of the Treasury has launched an offering of five-and-a-half-year RTBs that fetched a coupon rate of 4.625 percent. The offer period runs until Nov. 26,...
Around 50,000 data encoders will be needed for the planned three-day national vaccination drive against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this month, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. Department of Information and Communications Technology The government will be...
