The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has disclosed to Congress that it will be submitting the result of its performance review on system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) by December. “We have until the end of the year to submit our findings to the President,” ERC...
Senators on Thursday, September 28 questioned the absence of Dr. Teodoro “Ted" Herbosa in the Senate Committee on Finance’s deliberations on the proposed 2024 budget of the Department of Health (DOH). DOH Secretary Teodoro Javier "Ted" Herbosa during the Commission on Appointments (CA)...
Mobile phone users would now be required to take a “live selfie” before their SIM registration application is approved. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Sec. Ivan John Uy presents the agency's proposed 2024 budget before a Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing...
“I have no respect for them.” This was what Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Tuesday, Sept. 12, when asked why she singled out ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros when she issued an earlier statement against those...
Vice President Sara Duterte thanked a Senate panel for approving the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) ₱2.36-billion proposed budget for 2024, including the controversial ₱500 million for confidential funds, even as opposition senators tried to question her. Vice President and Education...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte expressed gratitude to the House appropriations committee for the approval of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) P2.3 billion budget for 2024. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (OVP photo) “We are grateful to the...
“There was nothing irregular or unauthorized” on the use of the 2022 confidential funds (CF) as the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has already complied with the required accomplishment reports for them, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Aug. 30. (From...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has stressed the need for additional resources to finance the implementation of its key programs, particularly the media and information literacy program that aims to combat fake news. PCO Secretary Cheloy Garafil (Photo courtesy of PCO) Presidential...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has tested positive again for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a day after he physically attended the Senate plenary debates on the DND’s proposed budget for 2022. Senators who were informed of Lorenzana testing positive for the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Monday, Nov. 15 expressed concern over the reduction made by Malacañang and the House of Representatives in the proposed 2022 budget of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its attached agencies. In his interpellation during the hybrid...
With budget constraints hampering the government’s contact tracing efforts, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said requested Congress for an additional P6.6 billion budget for the 2022 hiring of 25,000 coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) contact...
