(MANILA BULLETIN) The service provider tapped by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) only managed to produce 36 million physical national identification cards (ID), roughly a third of its target of 92 million. House Committee on Appropriations Senior Vice...
Diamonds (Unsplash) Imposing a luxury tax may not be worth the trouble in the Philippine setting. This can be gleaned from statements made by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno before the House Committee on Appropriations Thursday, Aug. 10, on...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said females, and even members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer plus are included in the mandatory Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program and will train alongside the males, to ensure there would be “gender equality.” Sen....
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte acknowledged the efforts and contributions of the various partners of the Department of Education (DepEd) as the agency formally launched the revised curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10 under the K to 12 Program. Photo from DepEd Philippines /...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Screenshot from YouTube) Government employees may yet be granted a salary increase next year, with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) setting aside almost P17 billion for this possibility. DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman...
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza has asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Treasury to look into the alleged non-remittance of some P2 billion in dividends...
As mandated by law, the Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that K to 12 Program will not be "abolished" and will continue to be implemented despite the launch of the new curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10 (K to 10). DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Nagkakaroon ng confusion na when we...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (left) and DOF Secretary Benjamin Diokno (Screenshots from YouTube) Simply put, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno thinks that imposing a billionaires' tax is a bad idea. Diokno was asked of his...
Mother tongue, as a learning area or a subject, has been removed from the adjusted K to 10 curriculum launched by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 10. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “What we removed was mother tongue as a subject but not mother tongue as a medium of...
Before the phased implementation next year, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 10, announced that it will start pilot implementation of the revised K to 10 curriculum this school year. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Any product, no matter how good it is, will remain a...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 10, formally launched the adjusted curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade K to Grade 10 (K to 10) under the K to 12 Program. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte / DepEd / MB Visual Content Group Called the MATATAG curriculum, the...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Screenshot from YouTube) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the various agencies in government that have low obligation rates in connection with the P5.268-trillion national budget this year to submit their...
