The domestic garment and textile industry has urged government to support companies that repurposed towards producing medical grade personal protective equipment (PPEs) , stockpiling of PPEs, and stop the importation of substandard PPEs, to help jobs recovery in the industry. Nurses in PPEs The...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is set to discuss, together with other concerned agencies, the funding of the special risk allowance (SRA) of medical workers for this year. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is set to meet the officials of Department of Budget and Management...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released additional funds to local government units (LGUs) and frontline agencies to aid their operations in addressing the damages caused by Typhoon Odette. In a statement, the DBM said it has disbursed P1.83 billion in funding, bringing the...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the national government aims to have the cash assistance for typhoon "Odette" victims ready for download to the affected local government units (LGUs) by Wednesday, Dec. 29. President Rodrigo Duterte (right) leads a recent distribution of relief goods to...
President Duterte has expressed his frustration over what he described as the "stupid laws" that prevent the national government from promptly responding to disasters, like the one caused by typhoon "Odette" the week before Christmas. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released an initial P1 billion to assist affected local government units (LGUs) in six regions placed under a State of Calamity due to Typhoon Odette. In a statement, the budget department said the funding aims to address the adverse effects and...
The Office of the President (OP) will directly release funds to aid the victims of typhoon “Odette” in affected provinces, President Duterte said on Tuesday, Dec. 21. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) In his pre-recorded public address,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking additional support from oil companies so they can chip into the “Pantawid Pasada program”, which subsidizes the fuel cost for the transport sector. The DOE initiative is on top of the P1-billion fuel subsidy released by the government to assist public...
The executive branch is studying whether or not it can give gratuity pay to contractual workers in government in time for this year's holiday season. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) This is according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles in a Viber message sent to Malacañang reporters Wednesday...
‘’No one in the Pharmally mess is untouchable’’. ‘’Flight, especially on an expensive international chartered jet, is truly a clear sign of guilt’’. Senator Panfilo M. Lacson, a presidential aspirant, and Senator Richard J, Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee,...
Gotcha! The Dargani siblings - Mohit and Twinkle - have been arrested in Davao city following an attempt to leave the Philippines aboard a Lear jet reportedly for Singapore. But Lloyd Christopher Lao, resigned Procurement Service, Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) chief, remained at...
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives Twinkle Dargani and her brother Mohit Dargani have been arrested. The Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) reported that the two were arrested at the Davao International Airport in Davao City at aroudn 5 p.m. on Sunday. They were on board a...
