President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. remains "on top things" as far as the dealings within the various government agencies are concerned.
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda made this contention Wednesday, Aug. 17 amid the headline-grabbing contr
Logo grabbed from CDSL Facebook page MANILA - The Quezon City legal department said Wednesday the Colegio de San Lorenzo may face legal action as a result of the school's sudden and unexpected closure. In a message sent to the Philippine News Agency, city legal counsel Orlando Paolo Casimiro said the city government is willing and ready to assist parents, students, teachers, and non-teaching personnel in case they want to file charges against the school. "The possible legal action(s) against CDSL will be dependent upon those directly affected as well as on the CHED (Commission on Higher Education) and DepEd (Department of Education) who have jurisdiction over it as an educational institution. Mayor Joy Belmonte has instructed my Office through our Public Assistance and Legal Aid Office to assist those who have been affected by the incident," Casimiro said. He added "they can come to my office for any legal assistance concerning the matter". As far as the city go
MANILA - Reforming the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) should be among the priority projects of Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman to save taxpayers' money, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto said. In a statement on Thursday, Recto said Pangandaman should prepare "an exit plan" that will phase down PS-DBM's big ticket procurement activities, considering that the Commission on Audit (COA) discovered irregularities in the operations of the buying arm of the government. "I have no doubt that the highly capable Secretary Pangandaman will do what is right. These are problems she inherited and I think that she will not allow these to continue," Recto said. "The DBM is under new management. With the change of guards comes a change of rules for the better." Recto said the department should return the allotments for procurements still in the early stages to the government agencies which tapped the PS-DBM as their buying agen
GOOD JOB. Commission on Higher Education Chairperson Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III recognizes higher education institutions for their "good job" in the national vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease 2019, in an awarding ceremony on Tuesday (July 19, 2022). He also honored outstanding schools that aggressively pushed for a school-based inoculation drive. (Screengrab) MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has been hailed as inspirational and instrumental in the national vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) by former National Task Force Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. In a Facebook Livestream on Tuesday, Galvez said the CHED has set a good example in the administration's aggressive inoculation campaign, considering its higher turnout compared to the national vaccination drive itself. "Secretary Popoy, you've been an example for us, especially in vaccination. CHED has been