President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo approved yesterday the release of R1.1 billion as educational assistance to all regular, casual, and contractual government employees nationwide, including the military, police, and public school teachers.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday told the families of the remaining detained Oakwood mutineers that she would study the possibility of granting leniency to their loved ones as well as modifying the earlier penalties imposed on the enlisted personnel in the mutiny.
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New Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III yesterday announced his agenda for the health sector at the turnover ceremony for the incoming Health chief at the Department of Health (DoH) in Manila.
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The Sandiganbayan Second Division ordered yesterday the transfer of retired Major General Carlos F. Garcia to the Custodian Detention Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City where he will remain incarcerated pending trial of the R303-million plunder case filed against him and immediate members of his family.
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said yesterday that funds to be generated from the new ValueAdded Tax (VAT) law, estimated to reach R30 billion a year, will be exclusively used to finance socio-economic projects and not to pay the country’s external debts.
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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said yesterday that funds to be generated from the new ValueAdded Tax (VAT) law, estimated to reach R30 billion a year, will be exclusively used to finance socio-economic projects and not to pay the country’s external debts.
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June is National Kidney Month
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the city government of Manila are in a tug-of-war again as to which policies concerning towing operations would prevail.
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Public transport operators are asking Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando to explain the propriety of putting up another transport terminal along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), which costs a staggering R25 million.
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The Department of Finance has formally announced that Quezon City is the richest city in Metro Manila for the year 2004.
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The city government of Marikina vowed to continue clearing the Marikina River with janitor fish despite the onset of the rainy season as part of its efforts to revive the fishing industry and enhance its tourism image.
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Top artists
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Transport groups have petitioned the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) to cite the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for indirect contempt for allegedly failing to heed the injunction the court earlier provided against two of its traffic schemes.
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Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco ordered the local Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) yesterday to reactivate its special units to monitor on a 24-hour basis and respond to emergency cases, particularly floods during the coming rainy season.
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Jose “Lito” Atienza Jr. has formed an executive committee to finalize and oversee preparations for numerous events lined up for the observance of 434th Araw ng Maynila on June 24.
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The deadline for submission of nominations for this year’s recipients of the “Diwa ng Lahi at Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan” awards has been extended to June 7.
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To lessen the effect of the flooding in the low-lying areas of the city, Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiverri has ordered the City Engineering Office to continue the simultaneous declogging of the city’s 10,287 meters of creeks and canals.
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Students in Muntinlupa city’s public elementary and high schools topped the recent National Achievement Test implemented by the Department of Education’s National Education Testing and Research Center.
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The Philippine Navy ship BRP Quezon (PS70) rescued 17 men and women with children onboard a motor launch fishing boat that drifted into the high seas without contact for more than two days along the RP-Malaysia border last Sunday afternoon.
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A group of lawmakers yesterday batted for the approval of a bill that would give the government the legal justification in canceling debt payments and in seeking a refund of payments for the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in Morong, Bataan.
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Retired Major General Carlos F. Garcia was rushed yesterday to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Station Hospital in Camp Crame, Quezon City after he experienced difficulty in breathing while inside his detention cell.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday embarked on a personal public relations blitz, starting with a visit to a major television network, to personally deflect persistent false impressions that her government is responsible for high oil prices.
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The rainy season is on.
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A "no work, no pay" policy penalizing frequent absentees among congressmen was proposed yesterday as three administration congressmen expressed disgust over the failure of the House of Representatives to act on three vital administration bills.
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — Zamboanga City was business unusual as residents in all walks of life here yesterday staged a rally to protest the imminent transfer of the Armed Forces Southern Command to Pagadian City.
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Feast of the Sacred Heart today
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