The Department of Education (DepEd) has been trending on X, formerly Twitter, following the “declutter” order issued by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to schools weeks before the opening of classes for the incoming school year. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group DepEd formally...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. is seeking to expand the country’s defense cooperation with South Korea. (L-R) Republic of Korea (ROK) Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-hwa and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo”...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assured that relief assistance will continue to be provided to families affected by the Mayon Volcano’s unrest after receiving a donation of 300 metric tons of rice from the Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries on...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. expressed concern on the substitute bill on pension system for military and uniformed personnel (MUP) that was approved by the House of Representatives (HOR). Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto...
The Department of Health (DOH) along with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) discussed plans to boost the country's child immunization rate during a stakeholder summit on Thursday, Aug. 17. (Photo courtesy of DOH/Manila Bulletin) There during...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) now includes rice in their monitoring activities for basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs) amid surging prices of rice in the local market despite assurances by the Department of Agriculture (DA) of higher palay output this year. PRICE...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has issued a memorandum reiterating the Commission on Audit’s (COA) guidelines on budget parameters for the conduct of workshops, seminars, training, and other official activities. The memorandum was the result of an...
The management and supervision of the schools affected in the ongoing dispute between the city governments of Makati and Taguig will be under the Department of Education (DepEd). Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte / DepEd / MB Visual Content Group In a statement issued Thursday,...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has put on hold their decision on the request by canned sardine manufacturers for a price increase in their suggested retail price (SRP) following massive increases in the prices of fuel products in the past couple of weeks. Trade and Industry...
Sweden is standing with the Philippines amid the latter’s territorial row with China in the South China Sea (SCS), the Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed on Wednesday, Aug. 16. (L-R) Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg and Department of National Defense Secretary...
Three Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in Northern Luzon were visited by Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, to personally witness the progress of the construction and upgrades of the said infrastructures. Department...
BEYOND BUDGET Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and wondered what it would be like out there in space? I have. When I was a child, I would hear stories of terrestrial beings and unidentified flying objects. Such was the romanticized notion...
