Cities with fully automated business permits and licensing systems (BPLS) posted stronger local business tax (LBT) revenue growth, with only 54 of the 138 Philippine cities studied having fully automated their BPLS, according to state-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has disbursed ₱27.29 billion in microloans to 463,608 active state workers through its expanded credit facility, offering civil servants an alternative to high-cost informal lenders. The total reflects loan issuances from Oct. 24, 2024, through...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) signed an agreement with Maxicare Healthcare Corp. to launch G-HEALTH, a program offering zero-interest financing for health and hospitalization insurance to government employees. In a statement, GSIS said the initiative allows public sector workers...
President Marcos has defended his administration 's handling of the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East, saying the government responded quickly to protect Filipinos and mitigate the crisis ' effects. In his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27,...
Malacañang disclosed that the P22.7-billion savings of the government will be used to fund programs for vulnerable sectors affected by the Middle East conflict. According to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the government has P22.79 billion in savings, Palace Press Officer and...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allocated ₱520.08 million in emergency funding to support 21,153 members and pensioners affected by public health and agricultural crises in La Union and Negros Occidental. Under the facility, GSIS said that eligible active workers and...
PBBM launches National Government-Bangsamoro Convergence Program; turns over P3.4-B aid President Marcos vowed that the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections would finally push through in September. "We are determined that we will push through with the second Monday of September – in the...
State-run pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) invested ₱441.26 million to acquire shares of Megawide Construction Corp. from company Chairman Edgar Saavedra’s Megacore Holdings Inc., increasing its stake to 9.5 percent. Based on data from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE),...
President Marcos has ordered the update of the government 's decades-old data classification framework to strengthen data sovereignty, enhance cybersecurity, and support secure digital transformation. Marcos made the order through Executive Order (EO) No. 119, which was in response to the need...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) is “very close” to filing plunder charges against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over alleged irregularities in the national budget, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Friday, July 17. “We’re very close to filing the plunder...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD), in partnership with the city government, will conduct emergency response training for students and school personnel to prepare them for violent incidents and other threats inside campuses. QCPD director Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the program...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday denounced the seizure of street vendors ' carts and merchandise, saying the practice further burdens small livelihood earners who already struggle with limited capital and bureaucratic hurdles. At the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural...
