Senator Nancy BInay on Tuesday criticized the Duterte government’s plan to increase the budget by P11-billion of its anti-insurgency task force while slashing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) budget by P170-million under the proposed P5.0240-trillion budget for 2022. Binay...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque took a jab at the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives for claiming that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) received an illegal fund transfer from the Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año belied reports on Monday, Aug. 23, that some P2.9 million from the fund of the department were transferred to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as claimed by the Makabayan bloc in...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, August 22 appealed to fellow lawmakers to maintain objectivity as they seek the truth about the government’s COVID-19 response, saying they should not pass judgment too early without knowing all the facts. Go, who chairs the Senate health committee...
President Duterte has assured the public that the contingency fund of the Office of the President (OP) was not being used to fund the campaign of the administration's candidates for the 2022 elections. President Duterte (ACE MORANDANTE/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte made the...
Farmers are seeking a Senate probe on the rising cost of fertilizer despite the supposed government interventions to bring down farm inputs in the country through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Kilusang Magbubukid ng...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) belied allegations Friday, Aug. 6, that it has been misusing the multi-million peso fund of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to conduct census in different barangays nationwide. Philippine National Police Chief, General...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the coco levy trust fund is a “powerful instrument” that will reinvent the coconut industry and ensure support for farmers amid the continuing decline of copra prices in the global market. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Wednesday, August...
Affordable housing developer BRIA Homes was named the Top Housing Developer in Mindanao in the Pag-IBIG Fund’s Annual Stakeholders’ Accomplishment Report for the year 2020. This was announced in a virtual event attended by property developers, major stakeholders and industry...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has granted P28 million worth of Innovation-enabling Fund (iFund) to 28 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Bicol Region SETUP beneficiaries (Photo from DOST-Mimaropa) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the...
The number of Filipino couples using family planning services increased last year amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Artem Everest/ Unsplash) This was disclosed by Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Executive Director Juan Antonio A. Perez III during...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is offering a research grant amounting to P500,000 to its qualified personnel who will submit proposals in line with the theme “Supporting and Assessing Learning Continuity" and "Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) Materials and Development."...
