A legal entanglement concerning intellectual property (IP) related to a reactor design, which South Korea encountered with the American firm Westinghouse Electric Company, continues to impede the targeted feasibility study intended to evaluate the potential for reactivating the mothballed...
No Philippine budget cover from 2023 to 2025 The World Bank has once again flagged delays in a project it is funding to better equip Metro Manila against earthquakes, which may prove more costly when the Philippines ' capital region is shaken by the anticipated "Big One." "Despite significant...
The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) officially launched the Trabaho Para sa Bayan (TPB) Plan 2025-2034 on Monday, May 5, marking the Philippines’ first 10-year labor market development strategy. The landmark plan lays out a comprehensive roadmap for job creation, labor...
Motorists welcome some relief as petroleum prices dropped in the first few days of May, reversing last week 's increases. Effective Tuesday, May 6, gasoline prices will go down by ₱0.55 per liter, diesel by ₱0.65 per liter, and kerosene by ₱0.90 per liter. These marginal decreases were...
On its second edition, the Manila Bulletin Sustainability Focus Session gathered industry key officials and experts from the health sector to discuss developments and solutions in the delivery of primary healthcare in the country. In a video message, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Dr. Teodoro...
With United States (US) President Donald Trump shutting down the Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC), the threshold program that the US aid agency had been developing with the Philippines will no longer push through. But Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto, the Marcos administration 's chief...
A look at the ₱20-per-kilo rice in Cebu City (DA photo) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel spearheaded the launch of the agency’s ₱20-per-kilo rice program in Cebu City on Thursday, May 1, describing it as the fulfillment of President Marcos’...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said he is open to shifting the importation of key agricultural goods to the United States (US) from other countries, as part of the government’s strategy to reduce the reciprocal tariffs imposed on Philippine goods. A delegation of...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed full support and lauded the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) initiative that provides assistance to workers impacted by labor rights violations. In observance of Labor Day today, May 1, the DOLE launched the Labor, Intervention, Financial,...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has flagged the overlapping regulatory functions of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Health (DOH) as a barrier that could dissuade American exporters from entering the Philippine market. In its latest Food and Agriculture...
Vice President Sara Duterte said she will appear at the preliminary investigation over a complaint filed against her by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Vice President Sara Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte confirmed that she will attend because she will need to take an oath. "Yes,...
