Filipinos are set to enjoy eight long weekends next year as President Marcos issued Proclamation No. 1006 listing the regular and special nonworking days for 2026. Based on the proclamation, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Sept. 3, the regular holidays for 2026 are the following:...
Malacañang has declared Friday, June 6, 2025, a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid 'l Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation No. 911 by the authority of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., on May 21. Based on...
President Marcos has declared April 1, 2025, Tuesday, a regular holiday across the country in observance of Eid'l Fitr, or the end of the holy month of Ramadan. File photos Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation No. 839 by the authority of President Marcos on Thursday, March 20,...
President Marcos has declared June 17 as a regular holiday for the observance of Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation No. 579 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas...
Malacañang has declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a regular holiday across the country in observance of Eid'l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadhan. File photos Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation No. 514 by the authority of President Marcos on Thursday, April 4, following the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA) Much has been said about the House of Representatives' output during the first regular session, and Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers believes it has both quantity and quality. Barbers said Sunday, June 11 that it was through...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After a grueling 10 months of work, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has advised his congressman-colleagues to "reenergize" themselves during the lengthy legislative recess. “As we close the first regular session, I wish that you will remain...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives capped on Wednesday night, May 31 a prolific first regular session wherein it processed 9,600 measures, including 33 deemed as priority bills of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. In the 19th Congress....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) With just a few plenary session days left in the first regular session, the Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) has issued a manifesto commending House Speaker Martin Romualdez for the way the 19th...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of the P29,383,828.33 million permanent bridge along Marcos Alvarez Road in Las Piñas City. DPWH Las Piñas-Muntinlupa District Engineering Office (LPMDEO) District Engineer Isabelo Baleros explained that the...
"More frequent to regular presence" of large-scale foreign fishing fleets, particularly from China, is expected in our territorial waters should constitutional reform or Charter Change (Cha-Cha) push through, a fishers' group warned on Monday, Feb. 6. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
In a government agency or a local government unit (LGU), there are workers who are under a contract of service (COS) or a job order (JO) scheme. Though they are not classified as “regular” workers, their services are vital and needed to ensure that the government’s programs, projects, and...
