The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Friday, Dec. 9, that it was seeking to improve public participation in government accountability by holding town meetings. Photo by Davao del Sur Provincial Information Office The DILG Davao Region (Region 11) recently held the "Dagyaw...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been mighty impressed with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "articulation of the Philippine position on various issues" so far in the ongoing 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits in Cambodia. President...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is still unsure whether or not he will join the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) presidential debate later this month. In an ambush interview at an event Tuesday night, March 1 in Pasay City, Marcos Jr. personally answered for the first...
President Duterte is happy about how Filipinos are working together to make the country's pediatric vaccination program against the coronavirus (COVID-19) be an easier experience for the children. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) In his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" aired late Monday...
Senator Imee Marcos is worried that mock elections held last year did not thoroughly run through COVID-19 pandemic protocols and might lead to voters losing their way at election centers and being disenfranchised in the May 9, 2022 elections. Marcos, who chairs the Senate Electoral Reforms and...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday called on Congress to convene the joint congressional oversight committee (JCOC) at the soonest time possible to discuss mechanisms on how to prevent a failure of elections from happening in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Last week, Marcos, who heads the Senate Committee...
Malacañang has confirmed that President Duterte will participate in the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit on Nov. 25-26, 2021 via video conference. President Rodrigo Duterte attends the ASEAN-China Special Summit via video conference on Nov. 22, 2021 (Malacañang photo) "The President will...
Malacañang confirmed on Monday, Oct. 25 the virtual participation of President Duterte in the 38th and 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Dadalo po ang ating Presidente (Our President will take part in...
The House of Representatives has assured civil society organizations participation in annual budget deliberations in Congress following the passage on third and final reading of the bill to pursue this purpose. San Jose del Monte City Rep. Rida Robes With 200 affirmative and six negative votes, the...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday, July 13 underscored the need for concerned government agencies to ensure that the May 2022 elections will be safe and free amid the serious public health threat of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic. Polling precinct voting In a virtual forum,...
People’s participation in the congressional deliberations on the annual budget has been set for final reading approval in the House of Representatives when regular session resumes this month. Rep. Rida Robes San Jose del Monte City Rep. Florida “Rida” P. Robes lauded the support of the Lower...
