Having already rendered 50 days out of the 77 days of overtime work for the current school year, public school teachers are asking the government to compensate them - especially with only a month left before School Year (SY) formally closes. ACT is asking the CSC to compensate teachers after having...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday said he has “grave reservations” over the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to revert the control of the country’s power grid back to the government. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, pointed out corruption was the main reason...
Notwithstanding the emergency nature of the release of fundings, over P242 million granted by government to finance Marawi rehabilitation and Bayanihan 2 programs was returned to the national treasury due to failure of the National Meat Inspection Service to implement listed projects. Making...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) now have a partnership for the implementation of programs benefitting teenage mothers and their children. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista and POPCOM Undersecretary Juan...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is supporting moves to amend Republic Act No. 1405, or the Secrecy of Bank Deposits Law, to reinforce the country’s fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion and other financial crimes. The amendments put forward under House Bill...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday, June 10, creating the Social Protection Program for Teenaged Mothers and Their Children (SPPTMC). (Pixabay) SPPTMC is mandated under...
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday assured it is investigating if there is indeed possible collusion among power distribution firms to ascertain if this is the cause of the recent rotational brownouts that occurred in Luzon. DOE chief Alfonso Cusi told the Senate Energy Committee the agency...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced Thursday, June 10, the Makabayan Bloc for exhorting the family of the slain football player Kiefer Absalon and a relative to lodge a complaint before the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) which the group maintained “accepts...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has earmarked P46.230 million for the country’s participation in next month’s Tokyo Olympics. The PSC board approved the amount during its meeting Tuesday, June 10, based on the proposed budget of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). The amount will...
The Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) has started its limited face-to-face classes for clinical clerks on Wednesday, June 9. (Photo from Michael Cuevas) Clinical Clerks Council President Michael Cuevas was quoted in a report by The Varsitarian, UST's official...
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sara Jane Elago on Tuesday, June 8, said she is supporting an “independent and thorough investigation” into the death of Kieth Absalon, an outstanding football player of the FEU Tamaraws, who died following a bomb blast in his hometown in Masbate. Also killed in the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Energy Development Corporation’s plan to offer up to P15 billion worth of fixed-rate ASEAN green bonds. In its meeting on June 8, the Commission En Banc resolved to render effective the registration statement of EDC covering securities...