President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed a new officer-in-charge (OIC) for the Social Security System (SSS) for the second time in less than a month. Effective Oct. 17, SSS Executive Vice President for the Branch Operations Sector, Atty. Voltaire P. Agas, will assume the role of OIC for...
A jail guard of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City has been dismissed from the service after his arrest during an illegal drugs buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Parañaque City.Dismissed by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General...
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has vowed to strengthen efforts to "cleanse the bureau of scalawags" after the arrest of a jail guard who was one of the suspects in the killing of a mother and her son last June. Corrections Officers 1 Pio Jonathan...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed "grave concern" over complaints against strip searches aired by wives who visit their detained husbands at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP in Muntinlupa City. It cited the issue raised by KAPATID, a support group of families and friends of...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has been assigned as the Senate's caretaker until the middle of June during the session break.
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri signed Special Order No. 2023-020 (OSP) on June 1, 2023, designating Villanueva as Officer-In-Charge of the...
ILOILO CITY â€" Police Col. Victorino Romanillos has been appointed officer-in-charge of the Aklan Police Provincial Office.
Romanillos was erstwhile chief of the Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) Police Community Relations Division.
Camp Crame, the Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Filipinos were warned against fake social media pages using the name and photos of Department of Health Officer-in-Charge Dr. Maria Rosario Singh-Vegeire.
DOH OIC Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo courtesy of PCOO)
DOH, in an official statement, said any remarks made by fake social media pages are...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, May 8, a total of 9,465 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in the past week.
In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that daily average cases went up to 1,352 which is 112 percent higher than the case from April 24 to April 30.
DOH recorded 50...
Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Malacañang photo)
Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire allayed concerns from House of Representatives members on Thursday, May 4 regarding the increase in...
The Department of Health (DOH) is reminding the public to keep themselves well hydrated as weather temperature is expected to rise during the dry season.
Dehydration and heat stroke are common during this season, especially among senior citizens, said DOH Undersecretary and Officer-in-Charge Maria...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, March 20 that all its decisions regarding hiring and restructuring within the agency have been made through proper consultations and procedures.
In a statement, DOH said that these reforms are part of the goal of the agency to continuously improve the...
Malacanang has ruled that Assistant Director General Tereso O. Panga will remain as officer-in-charge of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) until a new leader is appointed by the President.
In a Malacanang directive issued on Jan. 23, 2023, Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin...
