(File photo) The granting of amnesty to rebels and insurgent groups by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is a step closer towards the realization of peace, and the nearing end of the country's insurgency problem and 55-year-long communist rebellion in the country. Department of National...
On the fourth day of the nationwide transport strike, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) stressed that the consolidation of jeepney drivers and operators into either a cooperative or corporation is a non-negotiable part of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). The deadline...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) would not give in to the demand of a protesting transport group to cancel the consolidation process of drivers and operators of traditional jeepneys into a corporation or cooperative as part of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization...
Transport group Manibela will join in the last day of the nationwide three-day strike of PISTON on Wednesday, Nov. 22, and will extend it further until Friday this week to protest what it describes as lies being propagated by the government transport agencies on the Public Utility Vehicle...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is expecting that 85 percent to 90 percent of public utility vehicles (PUVs) will be consolidated into either a corporation or a cooperative after the Dec. 31 deadline for consolidation, which is part of the PUV modernization program....
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Dutere said Monday, Nov. 20, that her agencies stand ready to help the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in ensuring the commuters, both workers and students, are not affected by the ongoing transport strike. In a joint press...
Familiarization with competencies and producing appropriate learning materials were among the initial challenges cited by the Department of Education (DepEd) in the ongoing pilot run of the revised K to 10 curriculum or the MATATAG Curriculum. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) DepEd Deputy...
The Senate has reduced the House of Representatives’ version of the proposed budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for next year by over P714-million. Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos disclosed this during the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed...
By YVETTE TAN What is functional food and how can eating more of it enhance the health of Filipinos? Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD)-funded research of Filipino scientists in state universities and colleges (SUCs) are...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday, Nov. 15 said the payout of cash grants to 761,140 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries will resume on Nov. 30. DSWD spokesperson and Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications Romel Lopez said aside from...
(Unsplash) Citing the steady decline in child Immunization rates, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes has challenged newly-elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to help address the problem. "Ang hamon natin sa ating mga bagong...
BACOLOD CITY – The 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company (Nocpmfc) turned over a newly constructed house to a former member of the New People's Army (NPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, November 13. POLICE Lt. Col. Edison Garcia (second from right), commander of...
