The Senate has approved the proposed P32.4 billion 2023 budget of the Department of Finance (DOF) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) along with their attached agencies and state-owned companies. Senator Juan Edgardo M. Angara, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, sponsored and defended...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of P335.81 million as Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) share in taxes. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Thursday, Nov. 10, said that BARMM gets P335.81 million share from the taxes and other...
MSPH Reading Progress Tool Microsoft recently expanded capabilities in its Reading Progress tool to include Filipino. Microsoft’s Reading Progress is a free application built into Microsoft Teams and is powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support and track students’ reading fluency,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the first day of the Handa Pilipinas: Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Expo 2022 to showcase the latest innovative technologies and products and research and development (R&D) project-related...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is ramping up efforts to improve and bring mental health services closer to communities. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire on Wednesday, Nov. 9, conducted a meeting with other health officials at the National Center for Mental Health in...
(DOH/MB) A total of 1,241 new Covid-19 cases were logged on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Latest data showed that the National Capital Region (NCR) still recorded the most cases in the last 14 days with 3,005. Calabarzon came next with 1,856, followed by Western Visayas...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is optimistic that the rosy domestic labor market would fuel consumer spending that supports the country’s economic recovery from the prolonged-pandemic. In a statement on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the latest Labor Force Survey...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines called the national government’s continuous “neglect” to the needs of educators and learners as “disheartening.” It said that amid the implementation of face-to-face classes, many educators and learners are still suffering from the...
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippines recorded close to 700 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The Department of Health (DOH) said 694 more cases of the viral disease were confirmed, pushing the number of active cases nationwide to 16,034. Metro Manila still had the highest...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, disclosed that several Filipino fishermen are still enduring the destruction that tropical cyclone Paeng left. Paeng, the country’s 16th tropical cyclone in 2022 and the fourth in the month of...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants to further foster the government’s revenue collection from extractive industries, which the Marcos administration believes to be one of the drivers of the country’s long-term economic expansion. At the FORGE PH: Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency...
A group of progressive fisherfolk has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to mobilize its calamity funds for boat distribution and livelihood rehabilitation for fishers affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Paeng. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a statement released,...
