The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) will get 60 more lawyers once its main offices are transferred to its new building still under construction on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. PAO Chief Persida V. Rueda Acosta said the new lawyers will be assigned to PAO's Special and Appealed Cases Service...
President Marcos promised that his administration will “build better and more” as the Philippines usher in the new year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. delivers his New Year's message to Filipinos in a video posted on his Facebook page. In his videotaped New Year’s...
Again, Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta warned the public against a fake social media account using her name and that of her office for various unwarranted solicitations. Acosta identified the fake Facebook account as:...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is pushing for the passage of a measure that he believes would complement the proposed law increasing public school teachers' teaching supplies. Villafuerte and fellow...
Sen. Imee Marcos called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to revoke its "deadly deadlines" for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) which according to her, has fallen short of compliance since 2017. In a statement on Thursday, Dec. 28, Marcos said there is a need to...
The Marcos administration has assured that the newly enacted Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Code of the Philippines will not lead to any interruptions in the ongoing projects. In a statement on Saturday, Dec. 23, the PPP Center said the government has a policy-making body to ensure a smooth...
Senator Grace Poe hopes that the public won't have to queue up just to get their supply of water amid the worsening El Niño phenomenon. "Mahalaga na laging may dumadaloy na malinis na tubig sa bawat tahanan (It's important that there's always access to clean water in every home)," she said in a...
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito is in favor of extending the December 31 deadline of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) given to transport groups to consolidate to either corporation or cooperative. Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, during Tuesday’s...
ILOILO CITY – The Court of Appeals (CA) has ordered the arrest of Emily V. Yanson for perjury and falsification of public documents after it ruled that she is not a stockholder of Ceres Transport Inc., one of the nine companies under the country’s largest bus conglomerate based in Bacolod City....
The Private-Public Partnership (PPP) Center said it is backing the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) decision to follow the original deadline for the submission of bids for the P170.6-billion rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It can be recalled that the Asian...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Marcos, has approved the P67.4 billion Dalton Pass East Alignment Road project in Central Luzon. Speaking during a palace briefing, NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that the 23-kilometer, four-lane...
The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) is set to conduct an autopsy on the body and internal organs of a person who received shots of the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, PAO Chief Persida Rueda Acosta said on Thursday, Dec. 4. “Meron pa pong autopsy sa next week (We will conduct another autopsy next...
