President Marcos has institutionalized the country's Electronic Travel Information (eTravel) System to ensure border control, health surveillance, and tourism statistics analysis, among others. File photo Based on Administrative Order (AO) No. 24. signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on...
The Philippine government, through a proposal from the Department of Energy (DoE), will be seeking P10 billion worth of funding to bankroll energy efficiency initiatives being mandated for state-run entities. In an interview with reporters, Energy Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella...
"Peace not war." This was the call aired by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) amidst the reported consecutive aerial bombings in the Cordillera Region carried out by the military as part of its counter-insurgency operations against alleged members of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA). Citing...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of livelihood and emergency employment assistance to farmers and fishermen affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR ) on July 19, 2024. (Courtesy of DOLE) The Department of Labor and...
Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed against Pasig City Mayor Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" N. Sotto and two others before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) for allegedly giving a 100 percent tax discount to Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. Complainant Ethelmart Austria Cruz asked the OMB...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is stepping up efforts on the accelerated compliance of government agencies and entities on the mandated 10 percent savings on energy usage that they must achieve, as prescribed under Administrative Order (AO) 15 that was issued by President Marcos early this year. To...
Legalities surrounding the bill that aims to provide autonomy to the Cordilleras must be studied thoroughly to see whether or not it can be declared as urgent, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Provincial Government of Apayao) In an ambush interview...
A group of education workers on Thursday, May 30, reiterated the need to hire approximately 94,540 additional education support personnel nationwide. (DepEd file photo) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) issued a statement urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed "high hopes" that the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination created by President Marcos will help address and improve human rights situation in the country. The President created the committee to improve the mechanisms for the promotion...
To promote and protect human rights in the Philippines, President Marcos has issued Administrative Order (AO) No. 22, which forms the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination that would strengthen existing mechanisms that champion human rights. The four-page AO No. 22, published on Sunday,...
President Marcos has formed an inter-agency coordinating council to create a comprehensive master list of state-owned lands to ensure their effective use and allocation and establish livable communities. File photos Marcos said this in the four-page Administrative Order (AO) No. 21 signed by...
President Marcos has ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to promote ease of doing business in their procedures, particularly to remove non-tariff barriers on the importation of agricultural products, to lower prices, and to ensure supply. File photos Marcos said this in his Administrative...
