To ensure that public school teachers can devote more time to classroom teaching, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced the issuance of a policy that rationalizes public school teachers’ workload and defines ancillary tasks and assignments that can be given to them. NOEL PABALATE / FILE...
For Sen. Grace Poe, the continued conduct of transport strikes is an indication of a still unsettled issue in the transport sector. Activist groups together with jeepney drivers post placards during the first day of transport strike against the government's public utility vehicle (PUV)...
Filipino firm NexGen Energy Corp., a subsidiary of Tiu-led Pure Energy Holdings Corp. (PEHC) is planning to pursue initial public offering (IPO) to partly raise project funding for its targeted 2,350-megawatt renewable energy (RE) development pipeline. According to the company, its blueprinted...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has approved the new guidelines on the reviewing and approval of national Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals. The NEDA board, chaired by President Marcos, has agreed to the new guidelines of the Investment Coordination Committee (ICC)...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidelines which includes requiring companies planning initial public offerings to disclose cornerstone investors in line with efforts to boost investor participation in the capital market. The Commission on April 11 issued SEC Memorandum...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) urged the Department of Health (DOH) to fast-track the disbursement of the P91.3 billion funds for public health emergency benefits and allowances of healthcare workers. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM has so far released over P91...
Senators on Monday, April 22, urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to plan well its idea of adding another motorcycle lane in EDSA. Senate Public Services Committee Chair Sen. Grace Poe said that while the intention to decongest EDSA is understandable, she's curious as to how the agency...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Citing the recent pump price hikes, Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr., is calling for the early release of the government’s P2.5 billion fuel cash subsidy to public transport drivers. “Assuming the conditions...
A queue of tricycles (MANILA BULLETIN) Here's some good news for public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers. Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. has assured the sector that it will receive P2.5 billion worth of financial aid or "ayuda"...
Angara gave this assurance to the country’s public school teachers. Previously known as the chalk allowance, the teaching supplies allowance is meant for the purchase of tangible or intangible supplies and materials, the payment of other incidental expenses, and the implementation or...
Nearly P6 billion will be spent on the funding of 1,834 new classrooms in 216 schools across the country. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of a special allotment release order (SARO) of P5.830 billion for the joint request of the Department of Public Works and...
President Marcos has appointed lawyer and medical doctor Erwin Erfe as the new deputy chief public attorney of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), Malacañang confirmed late Tuesday, April 2. Dr. Erwin Erfe (PAO Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta/X) Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil confirmed this...
