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Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:24:00 +0800DMW sets initiatives to ensure migrant domestic workers’ safety
DMW Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople also said that the department wants to take a “rights-based” approach in their securing their welfare.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:10:00 +0800Rural missionary work affected by terrorist financing raps, group says
RMP said that its missionary work with peasants, indigenous peoples and other rural poor has been "seriously hampered" because of what they said were relentless state attacks.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:52:00 +0800Customs raids Pampanga sugar warehouse over alleged hoarding
President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. ordered the raid of Lison Building that houses the New Public Market in San Fernando City.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:39:00 +0800Marcos urged to appoint new agriculture chief amid sugar mess
Sen. Risa Hontiveros said having President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. perform the tasks of agriculture chief only leads to “confusion and dysfunctionality in the bureaucracy,” noting that the chief executive is already heading numerous government agenc...
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:43:00 +0800Mayors firm on continuing no-contact apprehension despite opposition at LTO, SC
"[We] have joined together on a common stance to continue the implementation of NCAP within our respective territorial jurisdictions and vow to continuously improve infrastructure and road conditions foreseeing the need for a safer environment," a jo...
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800Fraud audit to help DepEd make decisions
The “fraud audit” that Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte has requested from the Commission on Audit will help the Department of Education move forward following the controversial procurement of supposedly pricey and outdated lap...
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800NEDA targets 9% poverty rate by 2028
The government will need to see a 1.5-percent reduction in poverty incidence per year to reach its goal of bringing down the rate to nine percent by 2028, which the National Economic and Development Authority believes is achievable.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800DBM all set for 2023 budget submission
Everything is set for the submission of the record P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +08006 Philippines hospitals receive global awards
Six government hospitals have been recognized internationally for providing quality medical services, the Department of Health reported yesterday.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0800Poe tests positive for COVID-19
Sen. Grace Poe yesterday tested positive for COVID-19, the fourth senator to be infected since the Senate opened its first regular session late last month.