The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it was targeting that all 1,600 local government units (LGUs) will have their electronic Business One-Stop Shop (e-BOSS) before President Duterte's term expires on June 30 next year. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo from...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the provincial government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) have launched oneSTore.ph Hub, an online marketing platform that is expected to benefit over 50 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the...
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said its multi-purpose loan disbursements hit P65 billion since its launching nine-months ago. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, GSIS president and general manager, said on Friday, June 25, that the pension fund’s multi-purpose loan facility has also...
The government has launched a convergence program which seeks to further improve the delivery of social amelioration services to the country’s poor, vulnerable and marginalized communities. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary for Visayas Affairs Victor Neri...
The Quezon City government on Wednesday reported another record-breaking number of COVID-19 doses administered to its resident with 41,826 doses given to those belonging to the A1 to A5 categories, surpassing its own record of 37,234 doses given on Monday. Quezon City also topped Manila as a city...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, June 23 prodded government agencies tasked to implement the provisions of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 to quickly utilize the funds under the law before it lapses on June 30. Angara noted there is very little time left for the implementing...
The Department of Finance (DOF) expects revenues from real property tax (RPT) would accelerate as local government units (LGUs) enhance their digital tools to strengthen local property valuation and tax collections. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Tuesday, June 22,...
The Philippines will be among the priority recipient countries to receive a portion of the latest 55 million tranche of United States government-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to be distributed globally, the White House announced Tuesday (Monday night in Washington, D.C.). The White House (via the...
President Duterte is not pleased with Cebu's defiance of the national government's health protocols on international arrivals. President Rodrigo Duterte reads a document while presiding over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at...
The government’s Safety Seal Certification program, which certifies an establishment for its compliance with the minimum public health standards (MPHS), is one of the government’s public-private sector’s collaborative efforts to reopen the economy and ensure its growth path safely. Safety...
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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to accelerate its current vaccination rate before the more virulent Delta variant starts wreaking havoc in the country. The IATF itself has confirmed there are already 13 cases of the Delta variant in the country, but health...