DAVAO CITY - City Mayor Sara Duterte created a new committee to reduce red tape in both business and non-business-related transactions in the city. The Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) was created under Duterte's Executive Order (E.O.) No. 32, Series of 2021, known as “An Order Creating The...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon did not hold back his words in urging the public to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to avail of the protection that the jabs provide. Philippine Red Cross Chairman Sen. Richard...
Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones has faulted energy authorities for their lack of foresight and action regarding nuclear-based power generation, which could have helped avoid the recent spate of "red alert" status in the Luzon...
Cardinal Jose Advincula of Capiz and the archbishop-elect of Manila. (COURTESY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CAPIZ) The “red hat” ceremony for Cardinal Jose Advincula supposedly scheduled on Tuesday, June 8, has been postponed due to the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was announced by...
A man providing janitorial services to a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) branch in Lipa City, Batangas was nabbed due to alleged fixing. A janitor pretending to be a member of an office at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) branch in Lipa City, Batangas is arrested for fixing in an entrapment...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) will lead the establishment of an inter-agency task force that will oversee the streamlining of the processing of blood money claims. ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica during the meeting with officials from ARTA, the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of...
Ravi (left) and Red Velvet (Instagram) K-pop boy band VIXX’s member Ravi has apologized to girl group Red Velvet after a song with the same name in his new album “Roses” has stirred controversy and angered fans. Ravi released his new album “Roses” on June 3 containing seven tracks...
Secretary Alfonso Cusi doesn't believe that he has been remiss in his job as Department of Energy (DOE) chief as a result of him tending to his tasks related to politics. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Ariel Fernandez / File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cusi also wears the hat of vice chairman of ruling...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi apologized to the public Thursday, June 3 for the rotational brownouts that struck parts of Luzon the past few days when power reserves in the region were way down. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Screengrab from Facebook live) In a televised press...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has stressed that it wants "compliance" from power plants, distribution utilities (DUs), and other industry players when it comes to the rules it is implementing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella (PCOO /...
’TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has placed the entire Luzon grid under red alert due to insufficient power supply. As rotational brownouts loom due to low power reserves brought by high electricity demand, this latest electricity...
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Wednesday, June 2, approved the substitute bill that seeks to institutionalize the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (UP-DND) into the UP Charter of 2008. University of the...
