The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is drafting new guidelines to ensure consistency and uniformity in the reports by publicly listed companies (PLCs) on their sustainability measures. In a statement, the SEC said it will soon release a Memorandum Circular on the Revised Guidelines...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the government is considering the reduction of import tariffs for rice as a measure to address the significant increase in the price of the staple food. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said he called for a review of the 35 percent...
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Tuesday, September 5 made a commitment to assist the household helper who sought the Senate’s help in seeking justice against her abusive employers. Sen. Francis Tolentino and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada questions former employer France Garcia...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has vowed to ramp up digital transformation in Palawan. DICT Secretary Ivan John E. Uy delivered the opening remarks in the National Peace Consciousness Month 2023 kick-off celebration and the Declaration of Palawan...
A labor group requested the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to appoint some of its members as system protectors in the wake of workplace tragedies. Partido Manggagawa (PM) chairperson Rene Magtubo said the proposal would reinforce the country’s merely 1,200 labor inspectors that are...
Senate deputy minority leader Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to conduct an inquiry into the alarming rise in social media-related hacking, illegal access and other cybercrime incidents. In filing Senate Resolution No. 777, Hontiveros said “the offices of individual...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has sought a Senate probe into the spate of killings involving children and youth, the latest involving a 15-year old who was shot in the abdomen by a police officer. “The violent killings of society’s most vulnerable—our children and youth—many...
A Senate panel recommended on Monday, Sept. 4, the amendment of the Anti-Hazing Law or Republic Act 11053 instead of giving the Commission on High Education (CHED) a new charter so it can impose stiffer penalties against schools that would be involved in hazing. Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is auctioning off three log-home units at Voice of America (VOA), Camp John Hay, Baguio City. In a statement, the BCDA said the company along with its subsidiary John Hay Management Corp. (JHMC) is accepting bids for Units 3, 9, and 20A of...
There is something fundamentally wrong if the Office of the Vice President is guaranteed a higher confidential and intelligence fund (CIF) over the Department of National Defense (DND) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and other government agencies whose primary task includes...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Sunday, Sept. 3, explained the reasons for the continued occurrence of scam messages despite the implementation of the SIM Registration Law. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) In a DZBB interview, DICT...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it has allocated P882.2 billion to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for next year to expedite the government’s socio-economic development initiatives. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DPWH's proposed budget will...
