Malacañang on Tuesday, Aug. 23 denied knowledge of the attempted importation of 300,000 metric tons (MTs) of sugar to address the supposed supply deficit in the country. Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez said it was only on Aug 10 that they learned that former Department of Agriculture (DA)...
The Department of Education (DepEd) surpassed its target enrollment rate for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 as it recorded 28,797,660 enrolled learners on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of...
Amid pressure from senators to disclose the persons who supposedly influenced him to sign the unauthorized order on the importation of 300,000 metric tons (MTs) of sugar, former Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian said Tuesday, Aug. 23 that nobody was behind his move...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has identified the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the agency that has the “the lowest regular staff-to-clientele ratio in the entire bureaucracy". Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto (Facebook) Figures cited by Recto...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 23,883 new Covid-19 cases in the past week, it said on Monday, Aug. 22. (DOH/MB) According to its latest case bulletin, average daily cases have lowered by 15 percent at 3,412 compared to cases from Aug. 8 to Aug. 14. However, DOH also recorded 101 Covid-19...
More than 28 million students have enrolled for School Year (SY) 2022-2023, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Aug. 22, said. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School Quezon City assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of face-to-face classes on...
The Department of Health (DOH) has detected and isolated the country's fourth confirmed case of monkeypox, it said on Monday, Aug. 22. Monkeypox (Photo courtesy of openwho.org) In a statement, DOH mentioned that the fourth case is a 25-year-old Filipino national with no documented travel history to...
A local business group has urged to implement total system upgrade of the EDSA busway and bus service on the “Carousel Line” as well as its eventual privatization for cost effective operation of the mass transport system. The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), in a letter jointly...
The Department of Trade and Industry has identified three priority legislative measures for immediate passage by Congress to support economic growth. These priority bills are the Senate confirmation on the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Omnibus Micro Small...
Trade and Industry Secretary Afredo E. Pascual said he would shift real focus of his agency towards industrialization stressing that manufacturing is the only way to be sustainable and become an inclusive economy. At the briefing by the DTI for the Senate committee on trade, commerce and...
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic should no longer be used as an “excuse” not to go back to face-to-face classes, Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte said on the opening of School Year (SY) 2022-2023 on Monday, Aug. 22. VP and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte...
Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of face-to-face classes on August 22, 2022 (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Gaps in education resources marred the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 22,...
