The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is eyeing an amendment of the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act in order to add more teeth against importation of animals that are harmful to local species as well as destruction of natural habitats of animals endemic in...
The creation of a Select Oversight Committee on Confidential and Intelligence Expenses will help ensure that agencies who are given confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) would be able to use this specific appropriation for the purpose it was intended for, Senate Committee on Finance chief Sen....
As the Philippines joins in the celebration of World Children’s Day on Sunday, November 20, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged the government to sustain the momentum of its crackdown on online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). Gatchalian said the government is now better equipped...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched its first Tech4Ed center in the municipality of Agoncillo in Batangas. Committed to its goal of ending the digital divide, DICT Batangas Provincial Office partnered with Agoncillo Municipal Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)...
• It’s now officially the “closed season” for fishing in the Visayan Sea, a practice that aims to allow sardines, herrings, and mackerels within the area to reproduce. The closed season started Nov. 15 and will end on Feb. 15, 2023. • That follows the closed season to conserve Ludong in...
Another digital literacy training was spearheaded by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) – this time it was held in San Fernando, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of DICT Tech4Ed - Region 3) As part of its Tech4Ed project, DICT Central Luzon launched the five-day digital...
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will adopt 25 public schools in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd). Wick Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said that as of the pension fund’s corporate social responsibility called “Adopt-A-School Program”...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the bond offerings of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. (AEV) that will raise up to P90 billion for the two firms. The Commission En Banc resolved to render effective the registration statement of SMC for up to...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has extended the financial assistance to its members and pensioners in areas affected by Severe Tropical Storm ‘Paeng’ until February next year. Michael G. Regino, SSS president and chief executive officer, said their calamity assistance package consists...
Senator Francis Tolentino, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, has issued a notice of public hearing to discuss the proposed naturalization of American basketball player Justin Donta Brownlee . This followed the referral of Senate Bill 1336 authored by Senator Juan Edgardo...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has installed and activated additional free Wi-Fi sites in Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (Talavera Campus). Free Wi-Fi Access Points (Photo courtesy of DICT) The initiative was made possible through DICT’s Free...
Two Japanese firms Junca Global Partner Inc., a pioneering technology firm in Japan’s biotech industry, and Kurabe Industrial have signed investment partnerships with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) for their planned “huge” investment in the country. Tereso O. Panga, PEZA OIC...
