Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. and Indian Ambassador Shambhu Kumaran signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Tuesday, Feb. 7, granting the Philippine government $50,000 each for its quick impact projects. In a press briefing, Abalos...
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday, February 7 urged the government to act with dispatch on the rising pregnancies among very young girls and teenagers, noting that majority of the registered adolescent live births involved men who are older than the girls. Citing data from the Philippine Statistics...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is preparing for the possible deployment of emergency teams that will help in search and rescue (SAR) operations in Turkey following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Monday, Feb. 6. Rescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a...
The Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda-led Committee on Ways and Means will give way to another House panel regarding the chamber's inquiry on the onion price surge and agricultural smuggling. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda Salceda had this to say Monday, Feb,. 6, noting that he had "sought...
UNDER THE MICRSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Once again, the Philippines is in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is proceeding with the investigation on the extrajudicial killings in the country. Soon after that announcement, another related development arose...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Baby boomers like me should consider themselves lucky for having had the opportunity to see and experience how communications have evolved in the last 50 years. It is fascinating to think of the communication technologies and facilities available to Filipinos during the...
A geospatial database of the country’s natural resources will be created through a signed partnership between the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). "PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., Ph.D. (second to the right) and...
There are still 139,602,248 unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the Philippines based on the latest tally issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). The mandatory registration, which will end on April 26, 2023, seeks to end cybercrimes such as the rampant mobile...
The House of Representatives gave its final approval to House Bill (HB) No. 6718 or the “Freelance Workers Protection Act" during plenary session Monday afternoon, Feb. 6. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Deputy Speaker and Davao City 3rd district Rep. Isidro Ungab, who...
With 240 affirmative votes, the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to suspend the implementation of mother tongue or first language as the medium of instruction for pupils in kindergarten to Grade 3. (Erika Fletcher/ Unsplash) Passed during plenary...
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a bill that, if enacted, would mandate all enterprises in the country employing 10 or more workers to establish a productivity incentives program for their employees. (PPAB) Passed during plenary session Monday...
The so-called "Eddie Garcia Bill" has been unanimously approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. The late Eddie Garcia (Wikipedia) The measure, embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 1270, seeks to protect workers and/or independent contractors in the film, television, and radio...
