Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has expressed his support for efforts of the government to streamline the bureaucracy by rightsizing to ensure a more efficient, responsive and reliable government. Nonetheless, Go said it is imperative for the state to ensure the welfare of government workers who...
Lingering concerns over higher inflation and aggressive tightening by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) failed to push up the interest rate for long-term government debt papers. At the Bureau of the Treasury auction on Tuesday, July 19, the yield for the reissued 10-year Treasury bond, with a...
Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans jacked up following the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) surprise off-cycle move last week, along with expectations that the central bank could deliver more aggressive tightening. At Monday's auction...
Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. on Sunday said that he supports the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) government rightsizing proposal, but not at the expense of government employees and contractual workers who may face unemployment, retrenchment, and displacement. If the proposed...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday said the government should make sure that government workers who may be affected by the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) plan to rightsize the bureaucracy are fully compensated and given livelihood opportunities. Senator Christopher "Bong"...
The national government borrowed lower than programmed after Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans rose on looming aggressive tightening. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on July 11, the government sold only P13.16 billion worth of short-term IOUs, below the P15 billion...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a measure seeking to mandate government offices to adopt digital systems to expedite transactions and enable them to pay and receive digital currency. The proposed “Use of Digital Payments Act” is part of the initial bills filed by the senator in the...
Nine new government appointees were sworn in by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday. President Marcos FB page Cesar Chavez took his oath as the new undersecretary of the Department of Transportation. Maj. Gen. Delfin Lorenzana, the Defense chief under the previous administration,...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) unveiled the 21 winning entries of the 17th GSIS National Art Competition on June 24 at the GSIS Gymnasium in Pasay City. (GSIS 'MUSEO NG SINING' FACEBOOK) The GSIS National Art Competition is one of the longest-running and most prestigious art...
The Department of Local and Interior Government (DILG) left P577,053,225.99 or 14.29 percent worth of Covid-19 response funds unused out of a total allotment of P4,037,866,230.53, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. The COA and DILG seals, respectively In an annual audit released by the state...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid This column was written before the inaugural of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Thus, we are not privy on his plans to flesh out his campaign theme of “unity in government” which had prompted his older sister, Senator Imee Marcos to advise him to do a...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, July 1 commended former president Rodrigo Duterte for signing 30 bills aimed at improving, developing and establishing public hospitals in different parts of the country before steppiing down last Thursday, June 30. Go, chair of the Senate Committee on...
