The Governance Commission for Government-Owned-and-Controlled Corporations (GCG) said that it held a series dialogues with several state-owned firms to resolve the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) concerns. In a statement, Alex L. Quiroz, GCG chairperson said on Friday, Nov....
It may surprise many people that there is such a day as “World Kindness Day” – and that is today, Nov. 13. In the Filipino culture, kindness is a value that is known by many names, one of them “bayanihan.” Since the Philippines is located on the typhoon belt, where typhoons blow in at...
Vice President Sara Duterte has pointed out in a speaking engagement before Mindanaoans that good governance is key to resolving conflicts. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of OVP) “In my experience in politics, I have realized that the antidote to war is good governance. And good...
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels. As the world adapts to the worsening effects of climate change, the agriculture sector is exposed as one of the most vulnerable sectors, if not the most. According to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, damages incurred due to natural disasters totaled P463...
The House Committees on Good Government and Public Accountability and on Agriculture will conduct their second joint briefing on the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons (MTs) of sugar on Monday, Aug. 22. (San Jose del Monte City lone district Rep. Florida Robes Facebook) Key individuals have...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija - The SM Megacenter Cabanatuan commended a guard named SG Ryan Asuncion for returning a bag owned by a mall goer on Thursday, August 11. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The bag owned by Mary Joyce Rapsing, a resident of Barangay Matawe, Dingalan, Aurora, contained her wallet...
A certain scene from the 61st episode of Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo's "2 Good 2 Be True" has gone viral recently. Many online users commended the show writers as with actors Kathryn and Ronaldo Valdez for their "informative" and "realistic" take on a situation involving a nurse and a...
Aside from fulfilling his duties as an elected official in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto surely knows how to have fun on the job as he posted the supposed first episode of his mini-vlog. In the 14-second YouTube video released on Sunday, Aug. 7, on his official channel, Sotto narrated the...
Add Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel to the growing list of 19th Congress solons who are getting impressed by Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos's work on the House plenary so far. Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (left) and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep....
Many countries around the world continue to suffer from malnutrition, also known as “hidden hunger,” which causes massive human and economic costs. The most common nutrient deficiencies are zinc, vitamin A, and iron. Poverty is generally the root of this. As Covid-19 and climate change...
"Good Samaritans" or persons who rendered volunteer work during emergencies must be protected by law from reprisal. (Jackson David/ Unsplash) With this reasoning, Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.1949, or the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has joined the Filipino nation in mourning the death of former President Fidel V. Ramos who passed away on Sunday, July 31. Former president Fidel V. Ramos (REUTERS /Romeo Ranoco /MANILA BULLETIN) “On behalf of the DILG and its attached...
