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Hearings on the proposed establishment of new government departments, including one solely to handle concerns of overseas Filipino workers, have received the green light to proceed, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva said the body’s Committee on Rules decided to allow several standing committees to proceed with hearing bills on establishing new government departments alongside […]
Registering your business and renewing government registrations at the Business Process Licensing Office (BPLO) is a necessary part of running and keeping up your enterprise. It establishes your legitimacy and makes you more credible not just to the government, but also to partners, investors, clients, and customers. To aid the ever-increasing number of micro, small […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles has urged the voting-eligible public to register in time for the 2022 elections amid a low turnout in registration of new voters, and likewise called on deactivated voters to apply for reactivation if they were unable to vote in the 2018 barangay elections and the 2019 national polls. The […]
Senator Sonny Angara reiterated his call for more businesses to go online or digital in order to remain competitive under the new normal and to provide much needed boost to the economy. While the economy is expected to rebound after a historic slump last year, growth is still expected to remain slow as restrictions to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian issued a stern warning to the telecommunications companies against attempts to further delay the already forestalled implementation of the Mobile Number Portability Act (MNPA), saying that they will be meted out with appropriate penalties. The MNPA, otherwise known as Republic Act No. 11202 or the Act Requiring Mobile Service Providers To Provide […]
Senator Pia Cayetano led the distribution of new bicycles for the use of the frontline community workers in San Fernando, Pampanga. Cayetano, together with CSFP Mayor Edwin Santiago, turned over ten bicycles and safety gear sets in simple ceremonies held in the city. The recipients included traffic enforcers, street sweepers, barangay health and social workers, […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, head of the government’s Task Force on Zero Hunger, led partners from Pilipinas Kontra Gutom (PKG) and Rise Against Hunger in distributing food packs in Calauan, San Pedro and Biñan in Laguna last Friday, January 29, 2021. 2,000 individuals in San Pedro and 2,000 individuals in Biñan received the free packs […]
The worst slump for the Philippine economy since World War II means hunger for more Filipinos, said Senator Kiko Pangilinan, proposing that a people-centered agriculture be the centerpiece of the economic recovery. Pangilinan is reacting to the Philippine Statistics Authority report that the Philippine economy posted a minus-8.3-percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has assigned a project supervisor to oversee the daily operations of an electric cooperative (EC) in Ifugao province in a bid to improve the power distribution utility’s operational efficiency and standards of service. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong issued an office order appointing Romeo Acuesta as Project Supervisor and Acting General […]
The local government units of Makati and Quezon City were visited by the Covid-19 Vaccine CODE Team last January 27 and 28, 2021, respectively, for discussions on their readiness for the government’s vaccination program roll-out, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Friday. The Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (C.O.D.E.) Team was formed by the National […]