The measure seeking to lower the optional retirement age of government employees from the current 60 years old to 56 years old has been passed on second reading in the House of Representatives. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Approved via simple voice vote during plenary session Wednesday...
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Undersecretary Elpidio R. Jordan Jr. said that he wants to include "backyard fishponds" in the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)'s "Halina’t Magtanim ng Prutas at Gulay (HAPAG) sa Barangay" project. Courtesy of Presidential...
President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, said that the government is implementing a program to assist onion farmers in increasing their yield in order to stabilize supply and lower the commodity's price. FARMERS harvest onions in a remote...
Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans dipped ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Jan. 23, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate declined to 4.211 percent from 4.250 percent previously. It is also lower than the...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are saddened by the continuing economic crisis in Lebanon, which the World Bank has earlier described as “the most devastating multi-pronged crisis in its modern history.” The ongoing political deadlock in parliament has the...
The national government continues to extend its efforts towards digitizing government services in the country to make it more accessible to the public. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo said the DICT is “really aiming to digitalize the whole...
The Philippines has bagged an international award for developing environmental financial products in Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. Ambassador Mylene Garcia-Albano receives the International Award at the 8th Sustainable Finance Awards. Joining here were (from left to...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to expedite the passage of pro-digitalization measures that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. had highlighted in his stint at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. (PPAB) President Marcos is in Davos to showcase the Philippine...
DOH Local government units (LGUs) were urged to establish their own committee that will ensure access to clean drinking water in their respective areas. This action was discussed during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health (IACEH) last Jan. 16, said Department of Health...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda is now pushing for increased participation and involvement of tocal government units (LGUs) in preserving Filipino heritage through cultural mapping. Legarda, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts, stressed the significance of...
The Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) conducted an inspection of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) facility on Monday, January 9, 2023, after the breakdown of the latter's Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. The breakdown affected 361 flights and stranded 65,000 passengers...
Investors swamped the Marcos administration’s second overseas $3-billion bond sale, allowing the government to borrow at the much lower interest rates than initially estimated, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno announced Tuesday, Jan. 10, that the national...
