The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said that Red Cross 143 is on standby amid the reported rising cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in the country. (Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) "PRC’s Health Services Team has alerted all our 100+ chapters — and our...
Another measure filed by Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has been approved on third and final reading by his colleagues in the House of Representatives. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Given final approval...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering speeding up registration of companies and partnerships by accrediting service providers and agents who may assist the public in processing applications and other transactions. On Dec. 12, the corporate watchdog released for public comment...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of funding for the Marawi City General Hospital (MCGH). In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Monday, Dec. 12, that DBM released P44.38 million to cover the funding requirements to develop and equip MCGH....
Citizen Watch, an independent network of advocates seeking to raise the interests of the public, said in order to “embrace digitalization,” the country needs to boost its digital infrastructure and at the same time upgrade the digital skills of Filipinos. (Unsplash) For Citizen Watch...
DHSUD Secretary, Jose Rizalino “Jerry” Acuzar, keynotes the recently held 1 st Stakeholders’ Night of the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation. Now ready for housing developers Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development...
The House of Representatives has placed itself in a position to approve on third and final reading up to 15 bills that were previously identified as priority measures by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC). The entrance to the House plenary (PPAB) Of this number, 13...
#MINDANAO John Tria The recent announcement of the eight percent inflation rate for November was met with some concern for the same reasons I mentioned in my Nov. 21 column where I discussed the four outcomes of inflation. Again, I say that I am not an economist nor prophet. I can only speak as a...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public that its Central Office, Field Offices, and National Resource Operations Center have over P1.4 billion worth of standby funds and stockpiles in preparation for tropical depression Rosal. Courtesy of Department of Social...
The Ayala Group of Companies accounted for a quarter of the 32 Philippine publicly listed companies (PLCs) recognized during the recently held 2021 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) awards. These firms are Ayala Corporation, Ayala Land, Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues its crackdown against firm’s illegally soliciting investments from the public and operating Ponzi schemes to defraud Filipinos of hard-earned money during these hard times. In various orders issued recently, the corporate watchdog has issued...
DOH The government’s pandemic task force instructed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to further study the proposal on decoupling restrictions from the Covid-19 alert level system. This was discussed during the recent Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging...
