The Senate subcommittee on finance has approved the proposed budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. The DMW has proposed a P15.542-billion appropriation for next year. Of the amount, P11.9-billion would be allocated to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
Another concert in Malacañan will be held next month to celebrate this year's national teachers month. (Photo courtesy of PCO) According to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), a new set of rising homegrown Filipino artists and special guests will gather on stage on Oct. 1. Dubbed...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
President Marcos announced that the National Food Authority (NFA) Council had set a new price range for buying palay in response to the changing production and market conditions. File photo Marcos said this following his meeting with the NFA Council, which he heads, on Monday, Sept. 18. In a video...
Some senators are now looking into the possibility of limiting the number of valid official identification cards that would be accepted in the registration of subscriber identity modules (SIM). Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said the government...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will have extended work weeks for the rest of the month in a bid to stay on track with its target passage date of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
It's the turn of Filipino teachers to get special treatment from President Marcos as he is set to host a concert for them in Malacañang on Oct. 1. Konsyerto sa Palasyo (Facebook) The date for the third installment of the Malacañan concert series was announced by the Presidential...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – One-hundred sixty-five surfers from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are competing in the second leg of the 2023 NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour in Calicoan Island here from September 15 to 21. The competition sanctioned by the United Philippine Surfing...
Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), led the surprise drug test of 89 senior officers to set an example amid recent results that at least 25 cops already tested positive since January this year. Acorda said the mandatory drug test was announced on Friday, Sept....
Crime rate in the country from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, this year has declined by 11,975 incidents compared to the same period last year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the figure represents a 7.874 percent drop in the crime rate, which he attributed...
CEBU CITY – Classes were suspended in a school in Talibon, Bohol when several students were allegedly possessed by spirits. But Talibon Mayor Janette Garcia said that what happened at the San Jose National High School (SJNHS) was a case of mass hysteria. On Friday morning, September 15,...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the national identity card can now be used to access various financial services in the country. National Statistician Dennis S. Mapa said registered individuals can present their Philippine national identity cards (PhilID) when transacting at...
