LEYTE Rep. Martin G. Romualdez has filed the first bill in the 19th Congress strengthening the capacity of the government financial institutions by increasing the paid-up capital of the Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). Romualdez authored House Bill 1, titled “An…
National Digital ID Co (NDID), a firm that provides digital identity verification, believes the adoption of its service will expand as more Thais become familiar with digital innovation, chief executive Boonsun Prasitsumrit told the Bangkok Post in an exclusive interview.
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) to
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here on Wednesday reminded all government workers, including barangay officials, to refrain from engaging in partisan political activities amid the election season. In a statement, Rilimin Sandoval, GenSan DILG chief, said all heads, officers, and employees of all state departments and offices are ordered to "uphold the principle of political neutrality in government at all times." The order, issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Nov. 8, 2021, also covers officials and personnel of government-owned or controlled corporations, government financial institutions, state universities and colleges, and uniformed agencies. "The public officials and employees must all the more uphold political neutrality in the government service and maintain professionalism in the discharge of their duties," Sandoval said. Partisan political activity, according to Batas Pambansa 881 of the Omnibu
President Rodrigo Duterte (Presidential photo) MANILA - The prices of drugs and medicines used to address the leading causes of morbidity in the country will now be regulated to ensure that these will remain affordable, according to a new executive order (EO) signed by President Rodrigo Duterte. EO 155, signed by Duterte on Tuesday, sets the maximum retail price (MRP) and/or maximum wholesale price (MWP) on 34 drug molecules or 71 drug formulas used in agents affecting bone metabolism, analgesics, anesthetics, anti-angina, antiarrhythmics, anti-asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medicines, antibiotics, anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, antidiabetic drugs, antidiuretics, and antiemetics. Also covered by the EO are drug molecules and formulas utilized in anti-glaucoma, anti-hypercholesterolemia medicines, antihypertensive medicines, anti-neoplastic/anti-cancer medicines, antiparkinsons drugs, drugs for overactive bladders, growth hormone inhibitors, immunosuppressant drugs,