The mass registration of coconut farmers who will benefit from the forthcoming release of the P100-billion coco levy fund will be a continuous process. And the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) must issue a formal clarification on this matter to ease the anxiety among farmers who are not yet part...
Senators have pressed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to extend its deadline and streamline the processes for the registration of coconut farmers. The Senate agriculture committee on Thursday, June 10, inquired on the status of the country's coconut farmers' registry. The creation of the...
How siblings Michelle and Yan Calupitan, a single mother with four kids and her younger sister, are teaching other women how to be their own boss Sisters Michelle and Yan Calupitan have always loved two things: massages and foreign travel. They always made it a point to visit the best spas in the...
Senator Grace Poe said the proposed amendment to the Public Service Act will address the rotational blackouts and the expected increase in electricity bills. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Poe, chairperson of the Senate Public Service Committee, raised...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday, June 6, reiterated her call for the government to come up with a solid waste management strategy to address the overwhelming volume of plastic wastes, which remains a major environmental problem for the Philippines. “A 2015 University of Georgia study revealed...
Groups of coconut farmers fear another scam might happen in the process of the Philippine government’s implementation of the Coco Levy Act, the law that should pave the way for the release of the P100 billion worth of funds and assets collected through the infamous coco levy fund scam more than...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) filed a complaint against a barangay chairman in Caloocan City for his alleged inaction on a businessman's request for a barangay clearance for more than a year. ARTA In a statement, ARTA said it had filed a case against Chairman Jose Ramirez of Barangay 186, Zone...
More applicants are expected to apply for thousands of vacancies in the uniformed services as President Duterte had signed a law lowering the height requirement especially for policemen, jailguard and firemen, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday, June 2. “We thank President Duterte...
The House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation approved on Tuesday, June 1, the bill that would regulate the use of vintage vehicles. 1-PACMAN Party-list Rep. Eric Pineda reported to the committee the contents of the substitute bill to House Bill No. 8244, or the proposed "Vintage...
The extension of the amnesty for unpaid real estate taxes for another two years will benefit both the government and the families that are recovering from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara said on Saturday, May 29. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara...
Less than two weeks before the deadline of mass registration of coconut farmers, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the lead agency tasked to implement the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, is now 41 percent complete in the validation of the National Coconut Farmers...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday commended the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for moving to include workers in hotels operating as quarantine or isolation facilities in the A1 priority group saying this would boost the government’s efforts in the COVID-19 vaccination program. The IATF’s decision,...
