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Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles met with Singapore Government’s Head of Civil Service Leo Yip recently at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. The agenda was to discuss and exchange ideas on the public service system in both countries, focusing on topics such as digitalization, continual improvement, and transformation. “My meeting with Mr. Yip allowed […]
Despite the suspension of the hike in premiums of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), the state insurer assured the public that new benefits scheduled for rollout this year would still be deployed. PhilHealth acting president and chief executive officer Emmanuel R. Ledesma, Jr. issued the statement as part of the agency’s celebration of National […]
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has helped 21,954 Filipinos cope with mounting medical bills by providing more than P157 million in medical assistance for the month of January 2023. The PCSO released P157,365,606.75 through its Medical Assistance Program, which covers requests for fund augmentation for confinement, dialysis injection, cancer treatment, hemodialysis, laboratory, diagnostic, and […]
Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco recently met with Minister Suanesavanh Vignaket of the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism of Laos. It happened during the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Laos is set to host the next edition of ATF. During the meeting, Frasco expressed her optimism to work and learn with Laos in […]
After 28 years, the single ticketing system is finally coming into reality after the Metro Manila mayors approved its implementation during the Metro Manila Council meeting at the MMDA’s new office in Pasig City. Local chief executives of Metro Manila have adopted the single ticketing system through the establishment of the Metro Manila Traffic Code […]
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles expressed his agency’s full cooperation and support to the attainment of the good governance goals under the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028. Nograles said that the CSC’s mandate is aligned with Chapter 14 of the new PDP, which talks about the bureaucracy’s bid to practice open, efficient, and […]
The government is gearing up to implement a production development plan for the Philippine corn industry that will benefit the livestock, poultry, and dairy sectors and ensure sustainable and sufficient food grains, which forms part of the food security commitment of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the Filipino people. The Department of Agriculture (DA), under […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will deploy a 12-man team to Turkey following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that left more than a thousand people dead, forming part of the Philippine contingent, with the Office of the Civil Defense, Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Army, and the Philippine Air Force (PAF), among others. The MMDA team, […]
Incoming University of the Philippines (UP) President Angelo Jimenez took his oath of office Tuesday, February 7 at the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Diliman, Quezon City. CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera III, who co-chairs the UP Board of Regents (BOR), administered Jimenez’s oath. In his vision paper, Jimenez stated that UP “must strive […]
Taking off from the instructions of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to gather all stakeholders and address the issue of overpriced red onions in the market, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a suggested retail price (SRP) of P125 per kilogram of medium- and big-sized imported red onion in wet markets within the National Capital […]