The international community has commended the Philippines' ease of doing business, mainly due to the efforts of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) which has been on the frontline to ensure smooth transactions with the country's trade partners. *RTVM Screenshot* The ambassadors of the United Kingdom,...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, May 29, hailed the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) for eliminating “unneccessary regulations” and simplifying procedures that help boost entrepreneurship and investments in the country. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a video message during the 5th...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is on red alert status for typhoon “Betty” (international name “Mawar”) beginning Sunday night, May 28. The PDRRMO is conducting field observations to ensure that local government units are...
As part of its fifth-anniversary celebration, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) will introduce the Accelerating Reforms for Improved Service Efficiency (ARISE) Awards to recognize the efforts of government agencies in improving bureaucratic efficiency in the country. *Photo from the Anti-Red Tape...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) on Thursday, May 25, announced their strengthened collaboration to serve the country together in case of mass casualty incidents (MCIs). (Philippine Red Cross / Manila Bulletin) In an intensification of the partnership...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said it would come up with a memorandum for President Marcos to address the concerns of telecommunications and towers companies, particularly in energizing the country's telco towers. *Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) director-general Secretary Ernesto Perez (ARTA...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) forthrightly stated that it is amenable to the ‘audit call’ by the Department of Energy (DOE), granted that these are carried out within the legal bounds of its concession agreement with the government as well as its franchise...
A show of force. This was how Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 10, described her appointment as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Executive committee meeting of the National Task Force to End Local...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) received a property lot with an estimated value of P50 million from Ayala Land, Inc. to be utilized as the second headquarters of the PRC Cavite Chapter in the province. Ayala Land, Inc. president and CEO, Bobby O. Dy, officially turns over the 859.34 square meters of...
As the World Health Organization ended Covid-19 as a global emergency, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gordon reiterated that the virus is still present and that the government should still vaccinate senior citizens and people with comorbidities. Courtesy of...
K-pop act Red Velvet’s first group concert in Manila was a big success, drawing about 10,000 fans whose cheers and shouts made a deep impression on them. Red Velvet’s Irene, Wendy, Seulgi and Yeri held their “4th Concert: R to V” on May 7 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Red Velvet...
Amid distress from scorching weather temperature, massive number of consumers in Luzon had to live through the agony of rotational blackouts of at least two-hour duration due to strained power supply in the grid following a transmission line tripping that was compounded by the forced outages and...
