BUTUAN CITY – The Northeastern Mindanao Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13), led by Regional Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II, took part in the grand launching of the “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” or BIDA program on Saturday, July 1, here, with Interior and Local Government...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. led the country at the recently-concluded 12th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in Brunei. Held last June 22, DOST said that the country expressed support for the development...
The Department of National Defense (DND) is eyeing support from Japan to develop the country’s Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP) program. (L-R) *Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko and DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Photo: DND) * DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr....
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is undertaking a cumulative impact assessment on the reclamation projects in Manila Bay. Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/Yummie Dingding) Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said in a...
A top ranking official of the EU Parliament has recognized the good progress in the Philippines’ good governance, labor, human rights, and environment – areas that are crucial in the country’s continued privileges under the EU Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), which allows the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will launch its “Oplan Pag-Abot” project on Friday, June 30, with a simulation activity of the reach out operation at the DSWD Central Office in Batasan, Quezon City. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, together with the Oplan Pag-Abot team...
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the largest multilateral financial institution globally owned by 27-EU member states, has expressed a strong interest in participating in several key projects of the Philippines, including digital connectivity, public transport, green economy, renewable energy,...
BEYOND BUDGET Eid Mubarak! June is certainly a fulfilling month. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. signed two measures that I had been fervently hoping would be passed. On June 1, President BBM signed Executive Order No. 29, which directs the full adoption of the Integrated Financial Management...
The Covid-19 vaccines will remain free for poor Filipinos even after the country's public health emergency is lifted in the future, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa said on Tuesday, June 27. Courtesy of DOH Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa Facebook "Magiging libre siya sa...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from Zoom) Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has interpreted Malacañang's tapping of Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. as a "clear indication that the government is taking a military approach to resolving the conflict in...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. assured Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. of his support after the latter was reinstated as the head of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). *Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. said that the proposal to elevate the West Philippine Sea (WPS) case against China to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) should be carefully studied. *(File photo) * Speaking to reporters on Monday, June 26,...
