The Makati Business Club is opposing the National Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) proposed amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. No. 6957 or the build-operate-transfer (BOT) Law. In a letter to NEDA Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua, MBC Chairman Edgar O. Chua...
Returning senatorial hopefuls Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano were the top senate preferences in the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey released on Thursday, March 17. Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano (Mb file photo) This survey or Pahayag National Tracker...
Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte are still the leading preferred picks for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively, results of the latest independent and non-commissioned Publicus Asia survey disclosed on Thursday, March 17. (Photo...
Targeted relief interventions would better help cushion the impact of inflationary pressures arising from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the National Economic and Development and Development (NEDA) said. While calls to increase wages and fares to help minimum wage workers and public transport operators...
Local candidates in Muntinlupa City held a unity walk and signed a peace covenant on March 17, promising to conduct honest, peaceful and orderly elections. The signing of the peace covenant was held at St. Peregrine Laziosi Parish in Barangay Tunasan. Candidates for congressman, mayor, vice mayor...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 2 (DILG-R2) has joined a webinar to address the concerns of the public and government agencies for the May 9 elections. Dubbed as “TAYO sa 2022 (Taking Action, Yielding to Objective Results in the 2022 Elections), it aims to...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The National Irrigation Administration-Cordillera has completed a total of 104 irrigation projects, bringing brighter hopes to thousands of farmers in the province and a big contribution to the government’s food security efforts. NIA regional manager Engr Benito Espique,...
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Thursday, March 17, expressed elation over Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) decision to allow random sampling of ballots which have been printed without the presence of candidates’ observers. (Screenshot taken from Macalintal’s FB Live) On March 15,...
The worsening military invasion of Russia in Ukraine became the central topic of discussion between Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and European Union (EU) Ambassador to the ASEAN and concurrent EU Special Envoy to Myanmar Igor Driesmans recently. Defense Secretary...
Philippine National Bank reported that its net income surged to P31.7 billion last year, 12 times higher than the bottom line income in the previous year mainly due to a property-for-share swap with a subsidiary. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, March 16, the bank said...
Malacañang on Wednesday, March 16, said the proposal for a four-day workweek and the extension of the work from home (WFH) arrangements are still being considered by President Duterte. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a virtual Palace briefing, Presidential Communications...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is proposing a four-day workweek to lower energy consumption amid skyrocketing pump prices. During President Duterte’s Talk to the People aired on Wednesday, March 16, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said limiting the...
