In an attempt to simplify the internal management of offices under the Office of the President (OP), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the abolition of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Malacañang revealed. Executive...
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama with then Transportation Secretary Art Tugade. (FB) CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama has signed an executive order (EO) paving the way for the return of full face-to-face classes in colleges and universities here. Rama issued EO No. 174 entitled “Order Balik Eskwela,...
Days before the Duterte administration ended, Malacañang issued Executive Order (EO) No. 174, establishing the expanded career progression system for public school teachers. File Photo (Noel B. Pabalate) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed EO 174 by the authority of President Duterte...
Unperturbed by the warning from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), authorities made no arrests in Cebu province with some doing away with the face mask rule amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In an ABS-CBN report on Thursday, June 16, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia maintained that...
President Duterte has signed Executive Order (EO) No. 172, implementing the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP), as he cited the need to increase coconut farmers' overall productivity and income. Farmers unhusk coconuts in a remote villages of Piklt, the top coconut producer in...
Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, June 3 said he will ask President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to issue an executive order that would suspend the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premium hike scheduled this year. Former Senator JV Ejercito (Cesar...
To promote the efficient delivery of services, especially amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Malacañang has ordered all government offices to adopt digital payments for their respective disbursements and collection. Photo from PIXABAY Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed President...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday, May 3, the government must continue its probe on the disappearances of missing sabungeros or cockfight enthusiasts even if President Duterte already ordered to stop its operations. Senator Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Pacquiao’s Facebook...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), on Monday, April 11, welcomed the signing of Executive Order (EO) 167 which aims to strengthen the organizational structure of PCW. (Image courtesy of PCW) “This EO raises the Chairperson’s rank to Undersecretary, increases sectoral representation, and...
Malacañang has issued an executive order to strengthen the organizational structure of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), noting its expanded role and scope of work. Philippine Commission on Women logo (via Facebook) Based on Executive Order No. 167 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador...
A trio of pro-digital transformation bills will all be on Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's mind once sessions resume in the House of Representatives after the May 9 polls. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) Villafuerte said further digitalization should preoccupy lawmakers in the remaining...
The Philippines has adopted the ten-point policy agenda to accelerate and sustain the country's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, taking a whole-of-government approach to align all economic recovery programs and measures of the national government. Bloomberg photo Executive Secretary...
