The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) - Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST) warned the public against social media sites and individuals that give out “false information” about financial assistance and scholarships its offers. (CHED / MB Visual...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A pro-agriculture congressman is batting for a monthly fuel subsidy of not less than P1,000 for municipal fisherfolk. “Despite the fishing sector's major contribution, our fishermen continue to be among the fundamental sectors' poorest people," AGRI Party-list Rep Wilbert T. Lee...
Progressive groups called on the national government to grant “much-needed” production subsidies for small scale farmers and fishers amid the looming El Niño. (Unsplash) For peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), it is “high time” for the Department of Agriculture to grant...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is crossing his fingers that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) would be able to source funds for the 100 percent increase in the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens. “In the face of the still elevated inflation, the doubling of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, March 19 urged the government to provide an additional subsidy of P1/kWh for low-income consumers or a total of P418-million to further cushion the adverse impact of high commodity prices. Gatchalian made the proposal amid the persistent high inflation...
HEIDE, Germany -- An empty field near Heide in a corner of Germany known more for its cabbage farming is the chosen site for a huge battery factory and potential pillar of the country's future green economy. Manufacturer Northvolt chose the location in the northern region of Schleswig-Holstein...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo has urged the country’s top economic managers to immediately facilitate the distribution of a P1,000 per family "ayuda" or government subsidy amid the high inflation rate. (MANILA BULLETIN) Quimbo made this appeal to Development Budget Coordination...
House members are pursuing the immediate approval of a bill that, if enacted, would grant parents of children with disabilities (CWDs) a P2,000 monthly subsidy or "ayuda" from the government. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.6743, was filed by Davao City 1st...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. bared that he is planning to establish a subsidy fund for beneficiaries of the government's housing program. President Marcos leads the groundbreaking ceremony of a housing project under the Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program in Quezon City on Jan....
House Deputy Speaker and Las Pinas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar wants to institutionalize a one-time cash subsidy or "ayuda" worth P5,000 for fresh graduates. Deputy Speaker and Las Pinas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Facebook) Villar, who filed House Bill (HB) No.6542, said...
ILIGAN CITY – The provincial government of Misamis Occidental led by Gov. Henry S. Oaminal and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have distributed P5,000 cash subsidy to 9,400 rice farmers to help augment their needs amid the calamity that struck the province recently. MISAMIS Occidental Gov....
ALBANO CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Gov. Rodito T. Albano III vowed to provide a monthly 10-kilogram rice subsidy to barangay tanods or watchmen and public school teachers in this province this year. A report from the Isabela provincial information office said Albano made the pledge during the...
