The controversial Department of Education (DepED) Order No. 49 s. 2022 has two goals: To depoliticize the department and promote professionalism among its personnel. After gaining complaints from educators and the public alike, DepED Spokesperson Michael Poa, in a televised interview, clarified the...
Former Finance chief Carlos Dominguez III has been conferred by Japanese Emperor Naruhito with Japan's distinguished award for local and non-local government officials. Domiguez received on November 9 the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun for exercising "outstanding leadership in...
Small-scale Filipino fishermen expressed their opposition to the national government’s plan to import 25,000 metric tons of fish amid the closed fishing season which will last until January 2023. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
Importers are batting for the extension of Executive Order 171 to counter the continuing adverse impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on consumer prices, but local producers strongly opposed the petition stressing the reduced import tariff did not benefit consumers and it is time to protect local...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong issued a closure order against the man-made tourist attraction Igorot Stone Kingdom on Long-long Road in Pinsao Proper here due to permit and safety issues on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Magalong said that the establishment is operating without a business permit while...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has extended the arrival period for sugar ordered overseas until the end of October. DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, Sugar in Manila The SRA's order amended the February Sugar Order that allowed the importation of 200,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar for...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has identified the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the agency that has the “the lowest regular staff-to-clientele ratio in the entire bureaucracy". Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) Figures cited by Recto...
There was no order either from President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. or his Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar, the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) said on Monday, August 15. Sugarcane farmers (Manila Bulletin...
After the resignation of Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian, the ongoing investigation on the "illegal" sugar importation order pushes through, Malacañang said. (Courtesy of OPS) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said the recent development will be part of the facts of the ongoing...
Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), wants all policemen to actively engage all barangay officials in strengthening the peace and order down at the community level. Azurin said the engagement will include planning and implementation of peace and order...
The Social Security System (SSS) and Climate Change Commission (CCC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement allowing the latter's job order and contract of service employees entitled to SSS benefits. Climate Change Commission PH (Facebook) In an announcement by SSS, the said CCC government employees will...
DAVAO CITY – A precautionary hold-departure order (PHDO) has been issued against Dr. Marvin Rey Andrew R. Pepino, the suspect in the shooting of 19-year-old Amierkhan Mangacop following a scuffle in a local bar last July 2. In an order dated July 26, acting Presiding Judge Emmanuel C. Carpio of...
