"Love the Philippines" logo ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro prodded the Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday, Aug. 15 to file charges against Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) Philippines--the contractor behind the fiasco that was the "Love the...
It’s a surprising realization that our country has always referred to a presidential decree issued way back in 1977 when it comes to building standards and regulations. This is also quite worrisome since what served as the standard four decades ago might not hold its ground in today’s...
The Senate on Monday, August 14, unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill renaming Agham Road and the BIR Road in Quezon City after the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. The late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago during a press conference at the Senate in 2012. She succumbed to lung...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 14 said the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should look into the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) account books and check whether it is correct to impose only a three percent franchise tax from the...
CHEERS TO 60 YEARS OF SERVICE. Landbank President and CEO, Lynette V. Ortiz, leads a celebratory toast alongside industry regulators, business leaders, development partners, and outstanding clients in commemoration of LANDBANK’s diamond jubilee on 08 August 2023. To mark six decades of...
Nishimura Tokiko, Second Secretary, represented the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines in the ceremonial turnover of barangay health station (BHS) under “The Project for the Construction of Health Station with Birthing Facility in Paracelis, Mountain Province.” The event, held on June...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has endorsed at least 74 new projects this year that will advance into the system impact study (SIS) phase by system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). SIS refers to an engineering study that will comprehensively assess if additional...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s overseas trips are one of the main drivers of the increasing employment rate in the country, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) ECOP...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, August 11, commended the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) decision to suspend the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) inclusion of a three percent (3%) franchise tax in its transmission costs billed to distribution utilities. Sen....
Korean visa application in the Philippines will cost P900 when the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC) in Manila starts operating on Aug. 29. This was announced by the Korean Embassy in the Philippines on Aug. 10 regarding the opening of the KVAC, which is located on the ninth and 10th...
LET’S TALK ABOUT KINDNESS Palanca awardee Merlinda Bobis discusses the place of 'care' in a fragmented world, at the University of Philippines Diliman (Photo MUDE) Merlinda Bobis contemplates kindness in her upcoming performance-lecture, “The Ifs of Care: Care for an Increasingly Fragmented...
Lawyers will have to pay 50 percent more for their membership fees at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) starting on Jan. 1, 2024. From the P2,000 annual membership fee, the amount will increase to P4,000, while the lifetime membership fee will increase to...
