The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will begin assessing the extent of damages brought by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the northern Philippines on Wednesday, July 27, saying that its six satellite offices will become “channels” to expedite the distribution of aid to the affected...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a measure seeking to mandate government offices to adopt digital systems to expedite transactions and enable them to pay and receive digital currency. The proposed “Use of Digital Payments Act” is part of the initial bills filed by the senator in the...
The six satellite offices of the Office of Vice President (OVP) have started providing medical and burial assistance to the public nationwide. OVP satellite office in Cebu City (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s Facebook page) Vice President Sara Duterte opened the satellite offices on the first day...
The opening of six satellite offices nationwide is part of Vice President Sara Duterte’s “earnest efforts” to ensure the Office of the Vice President (OVP) is closer to the people, her spokesperson said on Monday July 4. OVP satellite office in Cebu City (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s...
Appointments made by government agencies after May 9 up to June 30, 2022 shall be disapproved or invalidated, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Tuesday, May 17. Voters cast vote at Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila on May 9, 2022(Ali Vicoy) In a statement, CSC said that this...
BACOLOD CITY – Some government offices and classes have been suspended here and in Negros Occidental on Monday, April 11, due to ill-effects of tropical depression ‘Agaton’ which battered central Philippines. Personnel of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) in...
PEACE MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)allies are rapidly escalating, following reports of a massive Russian military build-up in the Russia-Ukraine border and...
Schools and field offices in provinces affected by typhoon Odette received relief efforts and conducted psychosocial interventions from the Department of Education (DepEd). (Photo from DepEd) “We have deployed personnel to facilitate the processing and transport of donations according to our...
Several consular offices that are temporarily closed due to coronavirus disease cases among personnel will resume operations on Jan. 21, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In an advisory on Monday, Jan. 17, the DFA said most of the temporary off-site passport services (TOPS) and consular...
More consular offices around the country will be temporarily closed until Jan. 20 as more personnel from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 23 offices, including various temporary off-site passport...
Other Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have stepped up to augment the food and non-food item supplies of the regions affected by the onslaught of typhoon Odette. DSWD Region IX Facebook page) The gesture of the FOs that were spared by "Odette" was an...
NEW DELHI, India -- All schools will be shut in the Indian capital New Delhi for a week in the wake of current "Severe" levels of air pollution, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. Vehicles and people move on a street in smog as air quality worsens in the Indian capital of New...
