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...
Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto (Facebook) Neophyte congressman Bulacan 6th district Rep. Salvador Pleyto Sr. recently achieved a huge milestonehaving one of his bills enacted into law for the first time. This bill turned out to be Republic Act...
Senator "Ramon" Bong Revilla, Jr. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, reminded the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to ramp up its inspection and audit of infrastructures throughout the country on the heels of recent earthquakes. "Nitong nakaraang linggo lang ay niyanig tayo ng mga lindol (We...
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said that the signing into law of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Code of the Philippines will create a more stable policy environment for infrastructure projects. "The PPP Code will enable much-needed development...
BACOLOD CITY – A new Burgos Public Market will rise in this city in two years. City Engineer Loben Raphael Ceballos said that P525 million has been allocated from the city’s loan for the renovation of the 8,000-square meter Burgos Public Market into a two-story structure. The city government...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to amend the 57-year-old Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, or Republic Act (RA) No. 4670. In a statement, Gatchalian said that the bill sought to address new and persisting challenges that public school teachers face because of the...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading on Wednesday, Nov. 22, seven bills that are looking to convert roads and re-number or create district engineering offices. To be converted into national roads were four municipal roads all in Romblon province. “The aim of these road conversion...
The proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) code would harmonize the regulations of the national government with those of local government units (LGUs), which will spur greater investment. Ma. Cynthia C. Hernandez, PPP Center executive director, said the new code will bolster the government’s...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. instructed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately deploy personnel to inspect infrastructure affected by the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Mindanao on Friday afternoon. The undersea tectonic quake occurred at a depth of 72 kilometers (km)...
