BW FILE PHOTOTHE Department of Agriculture needs to reveal its capacity to fund its rice self-sufficiency goals and support farmers as the government strives to bring down the price of the staple grain, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said on Tuesday.At a Senate hearing,
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it released 88.7% of the 2024 national budget as of the end of May.In its latest Status of Allotment Releases report, the DBM said it had released P5.11 trillion out of the government’s P5.768-trillion spending plan for
DENR PHOTOTHE Philippine National Waste Workers Association (PNWWA) said industry workers need a magna carta, currently going through the legislative process in the form of Senate Bill No. 2636, to firm up their pay standards and benefits.“We are calling on all concerned to support our
US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/CC BY 2.0/WIKIMEDIA COMMONSTHE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that it imposed a temporary ban on imports of poultry and its by products from the US state of Michigan.In Memorandum Order No. 24, it said that an outbreak of Highly
PHILIPPINE STAR/KJ ROSALESBy Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, ReporterPHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. asked the armed forces to prepare as his country faces growing risks from tensions in the Indo-Pacific region including China’s aggression in the Taiwan Strait.The Philippines’ proximity to Taiwan puts it in
BW FILE PHOTOBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio andJohn Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterMEMBERS of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed on Tuesday a bill seeking to ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country even as Senator Mary Grace N. Poe-Llamanzares called
THE PHILIPPINES should be among the first countries to help rebuild Ukraine by sending Filipino engineers, construction workers, doctors, and teachers once its war with Russia comes to an end, a congressman said on Tuesday.“Ukraine can be a strong ally of the Philippines when we
BW FILE PHOTOBy Aaron Michael C. Sy,ReporterLAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has extended a P10-billion rediscounting line to the Philippine Army Finance Center Producers Integrated Cooperative (PAFCPIC) and its members serving in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).This was an expansion from the
PHILIPPINE STAR/MIGUEL DE GUZMANTRANSPORT group PISTON (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide) staged a protest outside the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday to demand justice for the plight of jeepney drivers and operators who are losing their livelihood due to the government’s
THE GOVERNMENT of Japan has approved a grant of $5.5 million to the United Nations Refugee Agency to digitalize and improve access to birth registration services for former combatants and indigenous people in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).During the ceremonial exchange of
STOCK PHOTO | Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from PixabayCOTABATO CITY — Police arrested the half-brother of a lady state prosecutor hours after she was gunned down in Barangay Aplaya, Digos City in the Southern Philippines on Monday afternoon.Lt. Col. Florante S. Retes, Digos
THE ONGOING study on increasing government workers’ salaries will be completed by the end of June, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced on Tuesday.“The Compensation and Benefits Study on the possible salary adjustment for government workers is ongoing,” the DBM said in statement.