The Philippine Navy (PN) ramped up its maritime diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific region as it deployed Naval Task Group (NTG) 80.6 aboard the BRP Diego Silang (FFG7) to Darwin, Australia to join two major international maritime events. The contingent is participating in the International Fleet Review...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) said it will conduct a compliance review and issue a notice of violation for any identified non-compliance following a trash slide at a sanitary landfill in Barangay San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal on...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, February 10, sounded the alarm over potential mass layoffs and the intensification of contractualization and privatization policies amid a planned World Bank-led review of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expanded its regional defense footprint as the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Philippine Navy (PN) carried out separate but strategic activities with key partners in the Indo-Pacific region, military officials said on Sunday, Feb. 8. The PAF conducted...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through its attached agency the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), said Friday, Jan. 16, that the minimum wage review processes in the Bicol and Davao regions are on track and fully compliant with legal timelines amid questions over...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Tuesday, Dec. 23, turned over computers and documents from the office of the late former Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral to the Office of the Ombudsman for forensic review amid an ongoing probe. DPWH undersecretaries Nicasio Conti, Arthur...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday, October 28, emphasized the need for long-term and systemic reforms in the country’s education sector as the agency appeared before the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) during a public hearing held at the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has validated 798 of the 946 infrastructure projects flagged by senators as “reappearing” items in the proposed 2026 national budget. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, during the Senate budget deliberations on Monday, said the validated projects,...
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Sunday Aug. 24 that the Special Nursing Review Program (SNRP) is now open and free of charge for underboard nurses. While preparing for the Nursing Licensure Examination, participants in the program may also serve as Clinical Care Associates in DOH...
Minimum wage reviews are underway in five regions across Luzon and the Visayas, with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarifying that wage rates remain under evaluation as regional consultations continue. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the Regional Tripartite Wages and...
A decade after the passage of Republic Act No. 10687—which established the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST)—most of its key responsibilities remain unfulfilled. This was revealed during a recent review of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)...
Three decades after its creation, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is still falling short of its mandate to guide the nation’s higher education system, according to a recent report from the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), which recommends a sweeping evaluation of...
