The country’s slow internet speed needs “government intervention” to eliminate the congressional franchise requirement and build common towers in hardship areas, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, Jan. 31. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) If she wins the...
PEACE MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)allies are rapidly escalating, following reports of a massive Russian military build-up in the Russia-Ukraine border and...
The Las Pinas City government started the registration of children and students aged five to 11 on Saturday (Jan. 29). Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar encouraged parents of minors belonging to the said age group to register them at the city’s “Bakunahan sa Kabataan” for them to get...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo stressed that investments will only dramatically rise if the country has a "strong and stable political and economic climate." Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In her speech during the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines,...
The government has set a deadline for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in Metro Manila to complete their COVID-19 jabs to continue using public transportation under the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Department of...
The benchmark interest rate on debt falling due in August 2028 rose at Tuesday's auction of the government IOUs at the Bureau of the Treasury. Bureau of the Treasury office Investors were willing to buy as much as P55.623 billion of the reissued seven-year Treasury bonds, nearly double the...
Benchmark interest rates declined anew as investors await the US Federal Reserve's meeting. At Monday's auction Jan. 24, the yields on short-term government debt papers, which banks use in pricing their loans, went down, with the returns on the 91-day Treasury bill fell to 0.693 percent from 0.875...
The Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported that the city recorded 96.61 percent recoveries from COVID-19 with 86 barangays already COVID-free. The CESU reported to Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano that 82 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, Jan. 23, brought the city’s total confirmed...
Debt servicing by the Philippine government jumped 203 percent in November due to higher interest and principal payments, data from the Bureau of the Treasury revealed. The national government's debt payments hit P81.34 billion in November last year, that is 203 percent more than the P26.79 billion...
The Department of Education (DepEd) recognized various partners for helping the agency strengthen the function of its Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development (BHROD) in the continuous development of the workforce and related outcomes. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN “For organizational...
The Pasay City Council passed and approved on Wednesday, Jan. 19, an ordinance extending the deadline for the payment of business taxes, fees, or charges imposed and collected by the city government until Feb. 11 without incurring any interest, surcharge, or any form of penalty. Mayor Emi...
If elected president, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Wednesday, Jan. 19, he will not appoint anyone in a government position based on "utang na loob" or debt of gratitude), especially if he or she is not an expert in the field. Marcos Jr. said he might rather designate a political rival...
