The Department of the Interior and Local Government in the province of Quirino has resumed its performance audits on peace, order and drug abuse in all the municipal peace and order (MPOC) and anti-drug abuse councils (MADAC) from 2019 to 2022. DILG Quirino Provincial Director Salvacion Z. Baccay...
Outgoing Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon has started preparing to assume his role as the new mayor of the city. On June 3, Biazon had a meeting with the incoming members of the Muntinlupa City Council and Vice Mayor Artemio Simundac. Muntinlupa mayor-elect Ruffy Biazon (front) with Vice Mayor Artemio...
House Ways and Means Committee chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has vowed to push for the Budget Reform Act in the upcoming 19th Congress. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) “I will refile the bill, hopefully with enhancements from the incoming finance and budget...
GROCERY store workers take a break in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Days before a minimum wage increase across Western Visayas or Region 6 takes effect, five major business groups in Iloilo City, Iloilo, and Capiz have appealed for a lower daily rate. The Iloilo...
Helping students in their shift to remote learning, the Resilient Education Information Infrastructure for the New Normal (REIINN) project has started construction of the first LokaLTE in San Andres Elementary School, Tanay, Rizal. DOST Provincial Director Fernando Ablaza (from left), REIINN...
SEC reaps awards as champion of good governance By JAMES A. LOYOLA The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to reap global recognition as an advocate of good governance and transparency in the Philippine corporate sector. Cambridge International Financial Advisory (Cambridge IFA)...
PH Consul General goes on a gastronomic tour of this Canadian town’s ‘Little Manila’ Philippine Consul General Orontes V. Castro and members of the Philippine press in Toronto visited three Filipino Restaurant Month (FRM) participants, and tried out what each restaurant had to offer. Kamayan...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo While working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO), I have seen the extensive damage caused by super typhoon Yolanda in nine of the Philippines’ poorest provinces. I can never forget the first time I...
Pope Francis has appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (MB file photo) Church-run Radio Veritas on Thursday said the Vatican made public the appointment on June 1. The Vatican...
As part of the government's solid-waste management and flood control efforts, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) together with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has turned over the Automatic Trash Rake (ATR) technology to the City of Malabon. The Department of...
CEBU CITY – Fewer cases of violence against women and children have been noted in Central Visayas from January to June this year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) reported that in the first half of this year, cases of violence against women and children in the region dropped by...
Parañaque City's mayor-elect Eric Olivarez vowed that grade school pupils and high school students will continue to received their monthly allowance starting this school year. Olivarez made the assurance during the recent distribution of college educational financial assistance which was a program...
