The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has put on hold their decision on the request by canned sardine manufacturers for a price increase in their suggested retail price (SRP) following massive increases in the prices of fuel products in the past couple of weeks. Trade and Industry...
Sweden is standing with the Philippines amid the latter’s territorial row with China in the South China Sea (SCS), the Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed on Wednesday, Aug. 16. (L-R) Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg and Department of National Defense Secretary...
Three Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in Northern Luzon were visited by Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, to personally witness the progress of the construction and upgrades of the said infrastructures. Department...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and wondered what it would be like out there in space? I have. When I was a child, I would hear stories of terrestrial beings and unidentified flying objects. Such was the romanticized notion...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the labor and employment plan (LEP) aimed at addressing unemployment and underemployment in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) This was disclosed by Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma...
The Department of National Defense (DND) said Tuesday, August 15, that it has explored potential areas of business cooperation in the defense and security industries with the United States – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Council (US-ABC). Defense Secretary Gilberto...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual emphasized that hope and resiliency are the enabling fundamentals that strengthen the Philippines as it pursues inclusive growth. In a speech during the Rotary Zone 10A Public Image Congress held in Shangri-La Manila on 12 August 2023, said...
The current administration is considering the establishment of a policy aimed at addressing calls for salary increases, particularly among teachers and other non-teaching staff within the Department of Education (DepEd). (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE) “We have increases in the...
The National Schools Maintenance Week or the Brigada Eskwela (BE), the nationwide school maintenance program led by the Department of Education (DepEd), will officially start on Monday, Aug. 14. Employees of TELUS International Philippines support DepEd’s Brigada Eskwela Program by helping...
Elementary students doing school activities in Quezon City (MARK BALMORES / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) After four years of “painstaking” review, the Department of Education (DepEd) formally launched this week the revised curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10. Even before it was first...
TRAVEL EXCHANGE Philippine Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and Tourism Promotions Board COO Marga Montemayor Nograles during the Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) 2022 The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), the marketing and promotions arm of the Department of Tourism (DOT),...
The “mature” defense cooperation of the Philippines and Australia is an important factor in the Department of National Defense’s (DND) transition to external defense operations. (L-R) Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Hae Kyong Yu and Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto...
