TESDA restarts face-to-face training
THE TECHNICAL Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Tuesday said face-to-face training and assessment in Metro Manila have restarted after the change in the lockdown level.
Philippines supports Australia nuclear sub pact to counter China
MANILA - The Philippines is backing a new defense partnership between the United States, Britain and Australia, hoping it can maintain the balance of...
Philippines posts 319 more Delta variant cases
PHILIPPINE health authorities on Monday reported 319 more infections involving a more contagious Delta coronavirus variant, bringing the total to 3,027.
House bill seeks to abolish Budget procurement arm
A BILL that seeks to abolish the Budget department’s Procurement Service, which the Senate is investigating for contracts that allegedly disadvantaged the government, has been filed at the House of Representatives.
Senators urge poll body to extend voter registration
SENATORS on Monday adopted a concurrent resolution urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voter registration for another month until Oct. 31.
CHR says ICC probe an indication of lack of confidence in PHL judicial system
THE PHILIPPINES, through the office of the prosecutor, should prove the capability of its legal system to relax international investigation on its “war on drugs,” the country’s human rights commission head said.
DoLE’s cash-for-work program in QC under probe for alleged irregularities
THE DEPARTMENT of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are looking into alleged irregularities in the implementation of the cash-for-work program for displaced and disadvantaged workers in three districts in Quezon City.
Fishers group appeals to local governments to defy order to dismantle fishing structures in...
A FISHERS group appealed on Monday to local governments in Cavite to defy the dismantling of alleged illegal fishing structures in Manila Bay led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Pasig River polluter
SUPERMARKET-DEPARTMENT store was ordered closed by authorities for operating since 2012 without a wastewater clearance and discharge permit.
Voter Registration
PEOPLE line up inside the Quezon City Science High School on Sept. 20 as they await their turn to register at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) office nearby.
OCTA says coronavirus cases may have peaked
THE PHILIPPINES might have reached the peak of its coronavirus surge after posting a weekly decline in infections for the first time since May, according to researchers from the country’s premier university.
Soliman, ex-DSWD secretary who quit in protest of Arroyo rule, dies at age 68
CORAZON “Dinky” N. Soliman, the Social Welfare secretary and civic leader who quit amid allegations of vote cheating by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, died on Sunday. She was 68.