Government agencies have until Oct. 31 to submit their Public Service Continuity Plan (PSCP), an all-hazard plan that aims to ensure continuous delivery of services to the public amid any disruption. (CSC/ Manila Bulletin File) Acting as the lead convenor of the Sub-Task Group on Public Service...
After years of partnership that led to large-scale infrastructure of the government’s ‘Build! Build! Build!’ program, the tie-up between the Philippines and Japan, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue with projects aimed at improving transport infrastructures in...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is reminding its customers to store enough water for the service interruption from October 29 to November 1. 41406 Maynilad said it has to implement the water service interruption as part of a pipe realignment project it is...
President Duterte’s economic managers approved the grant of fuel subsidies, giving public transportation sector the much-needed relief from skyrocketing pump prices. The inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) announced Monday, Oct. 25, that the government will shell-out P1...
The national government’s budget deficit breached the P1 trillion mark in the first three quarters of the year, but cuts in expenditures allowed the Duterte administration to keep the funding gap below the ceiling. The Bureau of the Treasury reported Monday, Oct. 25, that the national...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Oct. 21, commended a public high school teacher from Isabela after being hailed among the five awardees of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) Ulirang Guro sa Filipino 2021. (Photo from DepEd) Mark-jhon Prestoza, a Filipino teacher from Quirino...
Bracing for “good results,” the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Oct. 21, that the drug developers and the public are expected to benefit from the country’s clinical trials seeking to assess the efficacy, safety, and effect on viral clearance of anti-parasitic drug...
Maynilad Water Services Inc. will push back by another week its pipe realignment activity to give its 2.9 million customers more time to prepare for the estimated four-day water service interruption. In a statement, Maynilad said that it moved the schedule of service interruptions from October 25,...
Instead of a fare increase, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it is planning to implement programs that will provide financial assistance to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators as a way to cushion the impact of the rising pump prices. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
The Quezon City Public Library(QCPL) will reopen for onsite library users on Oct.18, the local government announced on Saturday, Oct. 16. This is after Malacañang approved Metro Manila to be placed under Alert Level 3, on Oct. 14. QCPL will accommodate 30 persons per day, following the...
A day after he formally assumed the post, newly installed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Acting Secretary Roger Mercado led Friday, Oct. 15, the inspection of the ongoing Binondo-Intramuros Bridge project. (Photo from Department of Public Works and Highways) DPWH Undersecretary Emil...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Philippines needs the passage of key economic reform measures to bring in more capital and spur job creation in the medium- to long-term. Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran said Friday, Oct. 15, that Congress should pass the amendments to the Foreign...
