Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin has directed relevant national government agencies (NGAs) and local government units (LGUs) to work collaboratively with the Department of Energy and Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on a judicious streamlining of the ‘permitting processes’ for energy projects...
The End-of-School-Year (EOSY) Rites for the current school year will be held from July 10 to 14, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte signed DepEd Order No. 009 series of 2023 entitled “An Order Updating the Multi-Year Implementing...
The Philippines and India have agreed to expand security engagements and implement military exchanges as defense officials of both countries met to discuss mutual interests and the rule of law in the volatile Indo-Pacific. The recent talk came after Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu...
The United Kingdom (UK) government launched its British Investment Partnerships (BIP) to finance sustainable development in the Philippines, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. “Today’s event is a major win not only in the Philippines’ development journey, but in the realm of development...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide cutting-edge digital services and solutions to budding Filipino entrepreneurs and innovators. The MoU aims to provide training workshops to upskill and reskill the Filipino...
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has challenged the 10 outstanding young men of 2022 to keep excelling in their respective fields and to collectively be an inspiration to others. Speaking at the awarding of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) 2022 on Thursday, March 30, Bersamin urged the...
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy was among the country’s top cabinet officials, a non-commissioned survey showed. The independent poll dubbed as “Boses ng Bayan” was led by the RP Mission and Development Foundation Inc. In the said survey, Uy ranked third...
Land Bank of the Philippines is poised to overtake the Sy-led BDO Unibank Inc. as the country’s largest bank after President Marcos approved the proposed merger of the two state-owner lenders. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the government will merge the Development Bank of the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the Marcos administration would support the modernization of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said Tuesday, March 28, that the government has allocated...
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno is addressing what he described as “the elephant in the room”, referring to the much-needed reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension scheme, which is taxpayer-supported and receives no contribution from the retirees themselves. During a...
A pause in interest rate hikes is likely in the policy meeting of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in May, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. "The BSP has done enough, in my view,” Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno told reporters after the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate...
The country's first and only nuclear reactor training facility has formally opened its doors to stakeholders and the academic community after attaining a fully-operational status, the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) announced....
