The Department of Agriculture (DA) has eased the “market presence” requirement for farm machinery manufacturers and distributors so that more of them could participate in government biddings. (Photo courtesy of the DA) From the previous 25 to 30-year market presence requirement, the agency has...
It seems that Malacañang is unlikely to reverse a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) rule imposing higher corporate income tax on private schools in the country for now. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque declared Thursday that the Palace supports...
Known for his distrust of the media, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday apologized to a Manila-based newspaper for undermining the veracity of its report on the 370 respirators which were left rotting at the warehouse of the Department of Health (DOH) in the middle of the...
Groups of food producers are asking for a leadership change at the Department of Agriculture (DA), which they think is one of the solutions for the output and financial crisis they are currently experiencing. "We need a new government," said United Broiler Raisers Association (UBRA) President Bong...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is urging more tourism enterprises to take advantage of the business loans being offered under the government's pandemic recovery program to help them survive the health crisis. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) This, after the government extended to two years the grace...
DOH/MB Another 7,485 more people nationwide caught the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, June 10. The country's COVID-19 tally climbed to 1,293,687 wherein 4.4 percent or 56,921 cases are still active. Of the currently ill patients, 92.6 percent...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) now have a partnership for the implementation of programs benefitting teenage mothers and their children. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista and POPCOM Undersecretary Juan...
The Department of Finance (DOF) estimated that the rate of increase in consumer prices, which has been stuck at higher levels for three consecutive months, would decline for the first time in June amid diminishing low-base effect. Finance Undersecretary and Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday, June 10, creating the Social Protection Program for Teenaged Mothers and Their Children (SPPTMC). (Pixabay) SPPTMC is mandated under...
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday assured it is investigating if there is indeed possible collusion among power distribution firms to ascertain if this is the cause of the recent rotational brownouts that occurred in Luzon. DOE chief Alfonso Cusi told the Senate Energy Committee the agency...
A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated that all coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are already approved in the Philippines are safe and...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to fast track the release of all coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in stock to help address the increased demand among A4 priority groups. Binay lamented some local government units (LGUs) are...
