Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo emerged as the top government spokesperson in the Philippines, a non-commissioned and independent survey showed. The “Boses ng Bayan” nationwide survey led by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc....
The House Committee on Public Works and Highways on Wednesday, March 22, approved the committee reports on the proposed measure for the new Philippine Building Act (PBA) and the proposed 30-year National Infrastructure Program (NIP). Surigao del Sur 1st District Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. called the PBA a...
More than half of Filipinos expressed support for the government’s jeepney modernization program, according to the results of a Tangere survey released on Wednesday, March 22. In the latest Tangere survey conducted from March 7 to 10, it found that 53 percent of Filipinos approve of the...
UPSON International Corp. (UIC) shares the details of their Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Public Offer Period from March 21 to March 27, 2023, and Tentative Listing Date on April 3, 2023. Apply online at PSE EASy:...
BAGUIO CITY – Vendors displaced by the public market fire here are back in business after the completion of the seven-day cleanup drive under the “Bangon Palengke” program on Monday, March 20. A WEARY volunteer rests during the Baguio public market cleanup. (JJ Landingin) Displaced vendors...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 20, approved the unnumbered substitute bill, subject to style and amendments, that would institutionalize the career progression system for public school teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Alliance of Concerned...
BETTER DAYS Last week several jeepney organizations staged a nationwide transport strike to protest the implementation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. Under the modernization program, the ubiquitous jeepneys that have been around since the end of the second World War,...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has released cash assistance totaling P14.1 million to 1,410 vendors displaced by a fire that razed parts of the public market here on Saturday, March 11. THE Baguio City Public Market is slowly rising from the ashes of the fire on...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved the Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) of the Iloilo City government nine months after it was hastily implemented. COMMUTERS ride a mini-bus in Iloilo City. The Land Transportation Franchising and...
BAGUIO CITY – Volunteers have joined hands to clean the public market here hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. VOLUNTEERS clean the Baguio City Public Market on Monday, March 13, after it was hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has set a seven-day...
Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
BAGUIO CITY – A fire hit parts of the public market here on Saturday night, March 11. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (second from right) inspects parts of the Baguio City Public Market razed by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. (Zaldy Comanda) One-thousand, six-hundred forty-two out of the 3,900 stalls...
