Senator Grace Poe said the effective implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects will lead to more better infrastructure programs and employment opportunities for Filipinos. Poe said much hope lies on the PPPs in improving the country’s airports, and the rest of its...
SAN ANDRES, Quezon – Four-hundred pupils and 360 households benefited from a community outreach program conducted in Barangay Alibijaban, an island-village here, on Friday, September 22. PUPILS receive slippers from a joint project of the CENRO-DENR in Catanauan, Quezon, Tanggol Kalikasan, Quezon...
After 11 weeks of financial torment at the gasoline stations, consumers can finally heave a sigh of slight relief as oil prices will be on rollback at the pumps by Tuesday (September 26), based on the calculation of the oil companies. According to the industry players, the price of diesel products...
(Unsplash) If it would have its way, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) would increase the cash aid or "ayuda" that it gives to beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. But it simply does not have the funds to...
The results of the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHSVP) will be announced on Friday, Sept. 22, according to the Department of Education (DepEd). Senior High School students (DepEd / file photo) “Good news, voucher applicants!” DepEd said on a Facebook page, referring to the posting...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Friday, September 22, welcomed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision to exclude the government fuel subsidy program from the ban on spending during the election period for the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls. With this,...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has given the go-ahead for P12.26 billion to be used for constructing residential buildings for informal settlers and providing housing assistance to calamity victims. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM approved the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted the petition of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to exempt the distribution of fuel subsidy from the spending ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The spending ban was the reason why the LTFRB...
The Senate subcommittee on finance has approved the proposed budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. The DMW has proposed a P15.542-billion appropriation for next year. Of the amount, P11.9-billion would be allocated to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, Sept. 17, released the list of schools that will participate in the pilot implementation of the revised K to 10 curriculum this school year. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group The pilot implementation in these selected schools will start on Sept. 25...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 vowed to suppress the drug menace alongside the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and stakeholders in Caraga region. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft, DILG-Caraga officials, and...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) It's basically all systems go for the plenary debates of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024 after the House Committee on Appropriations approved on Thursday morning, Sept. 14 the schedule for the...
