Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo relayed to Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 30 the "good feedback" that teachers have...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies to use available legal tools to keep rice affordable in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the directive during a meeting with the Department of Agriculture...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to re-calibrate the country’s power mix by opting to retire coal-fired power facilities at the scale of 5,000 megawatts in the medium term. According to Michael Sinocruz, director of the DOE’s Energy Policy and Planning Bureau, that has been one of the...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has reported that the implementation of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law has spurred investment worth over P720 billion. Under the CREATE law, the government has provided tax incentives to major projects amounting to a total...
The Commission on Audit (COA) said the Department of Education (DepEd) has more than P362.7 million in "unauthorized, unnecessary, and dormant bank accounts" that violate the General Appropriations Act of 2022. In its audit report, COA said that DepEd has a total of P362,760,156.45 cash in banks...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Vice President and concurrent Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte has insisted before congressmen that the agency has "a purpose and a need for confidential funds". Duterte made this remark Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 30...
Japan declared its commitment to support the Philippines in attaining an upper middle-income status in the next few years. A joint committee meeting was held in Tokyo on Tuesday, Aug. 29 between the Philippine delegation and the Japanese government to determine the necessary development assistance...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the Advisory Body of the Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) will submit the names of nominees responsible for overseeing the country's sovereign wealth fund to Malacañang by mid-October. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman told Manila Bulletin on...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) three-year Food Logistics Action Agenda aimed at revolutionizing the country's food distribution system, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved a total of 5,000 non-teaching positions in public schools nationwide. These job posts were created to aid in lessening the administrative works of public school teachers, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Wednesday, Aug. 30....
Photo Courtesy of MACHRA/ MANILA BULLETIN The City of Manila received P23.138 million from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for the social amelioration programs in the city. PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles turned over the cheque worth P23,138,364.04 to Manila Mayor Honey...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has been swamped with questions as well as dissent from various quarters on its plan to enforce a policy that will mandate distribution utilities (DUs), primarily those in the Luzon grid, to procure prescribed percentage of their supply from gas-fired power...
