The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) 130 – which lifted the moratorium on new mining projects and the nationwide ban on open-pit mining method – has already been signed by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu. mining In a text message, Mines and...
The Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) does not have to remit dividends from its 2016 earnings to the national government after President Duterte issued an order cutting its dividend rate. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Under Executive Order No. 146, the President adjusted the...
The government is moving to entice competent leaders and managers to consider a career in public service and stay. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/ Malacañang) An executive order reinforcing the policy on the grant of career executive service officer (CESO) rank to graduates of the the...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) lauded President Duterte's signing of an executive order that prioritizes the implementation of measures addressing adolescent pregnancies in the country. Filipino pregnant mothers (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Undersecretary for Population and...
President Duterte is taking the lead in efforts to streamline the permitting process for power infrastructure projects in a bid to ensure their timely completion. President Duterte delivers his remarks during the inauguration of LRT-2 East Extension Project in Antipolo City on July 1, 2021...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Forest Management Bureau (FMB), is drafting an Executive Order (EO) that will elevate to national strategy status its efforts to regulate, rehabilitate, and develop the country's watersheds. A statement showed that the EO will...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, July 4 called on the government to address existing loopholes in delivering comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to properly implement policies geared towards teenage pregnancy prevention. Gatchalian said the passage into law of the Responsible Parenthood...
The government will offer death benefits to indigenous peoples mandatory representatives in barangays based on a latest order of President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President signed Executive Order No. 139 authorizing the payment of death and burial benefits...
The national government is pursuing the full devolution of the provision of basic services and facilities to local government units before the end of 2024. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has signed Executive Order No. 138 directing that certain functions of...
The government has decided to harmonize and hasten its aid and humanitarian assistance in times of disasters and other emergencies. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In Executive Order No. 137, President Duterte has institutionalized the Aid and Humanitarian Operations Nationwide...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) welcomed the creation of the Philippine Trade Facilitation Committee (PTFC), saying this will further enhance the streamlining efforts in the Bureau of Customs. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo from ARTA) ARTA...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has questioned the plan of the Philippine government to ban the entry of rice imports during harvest season, a move that will supposedly serve as a compromise to Malacañang’s latest move to temporarily slash tariff on imported rice from non-ASEAN countries....
