Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday announced that the construction of the Government Strategic Communications Academy (GSCA) will finally begin this month. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Andanar said that the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the government to start preparing local government units (LGUs) for the proper rollout of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to minors. Gatchalian made the call following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Moderna vaccines for the...
The Pasay City government distributed a total of P160,000 financial assistance to fire victims in four barangays in the city. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city handed P5,000 each to 32 family heads on Thursday, Sept. 3. Rubiano said the families were rendered homeless after fire hit Barangays...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban were expected to form a government as early as Friday with the new regime under intense international scrutiny over its vow to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women's rights. Taliban fighters wave as they patrol in a convoy along a street in...
The Pasay City government finished on Thursday (Sept. 2) the distribution of financial aid or “ayuda” to families affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Angie Roa-Yu, head of the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), said they have already served the qualified beneficiaries...
Amid the continuing global health crisis, Australia is launching two business partnerships in the Philippines to provide women with skills and opportunities, as well as psychological services to Filipinos with mental illness. The Australian Embassy in Manila said the two new business partnerships...
Government debt snowballed to a record high of P11.61 trillion as of July this year. Peso bills Based on the Bureau of the Treasury’s report on Tuesday, Aug. 31, the public debt increased 26.7 percent from P9.164 trillion in the same month last year, or an addition of P2.446 trillion in the past...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is set to launch an online tool that aims to streamline the reporting of data pertaining to the debts and other liabilities of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs). In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Joan Castillo, DOF’s...
As the government looks for money to run a nation grappling with the impacts of the prolonged pandemic, President Duterte’s chief economic manager revealed that selling state-assets is no longer the best option. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III “We don't have any more crown jewels,”...
A total of 539 houses from 119 barangays in Pasay City were placed under localized enhanced community quarantine (LECQ) for surging numbers of individuals afflicted with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on the report of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) on August 29, the...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian has criticized the United States intelligence community report on the origin of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) as “mendacious” that was made to scapegoat China. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (Manila Bulletin) “It is...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 29, asked the national government to sign documents that will allow local government units (LGUs) to procure their own COVID-19 vaccines amid criticisms by some local executives over the lack of vaccine supply to their provinces. “Iyong...
