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PH has new 1.1 million voters— COMELEC
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced over the weekend, January 22, 2023, that it has already recorded about 1.1 million new voters for the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang…
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Metro Manila Council okays ‘final draft’ of ‘STS’
THE technical working group (TWG) of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) has approved the final draft of the Metro Manila Traffic Code for the proposed ‘Single Ticketing System’ (STS) for…
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SSS to implement contribution rate hike
THE Social Security System has begun with the scheduled implementation of hike from members’ contribution in a bid to protect the actuarial life of the fund.
The state-run pension…
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‘Largest’ PH passenger terminal to open in March
THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will open the country’s largest port passenger terminal building (PTB) by March at the Port of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro.
PPA general manager…
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‘Plunder-tainted’ official, gustong bumalik sa gobyerno
“PINAG-IINGAT” ang Palasyo ng Malakanyang sa kumakalat na balitang gustong makabalik sa gobyerno ang isang dating mataas na opisyal ng ‘Home Guarantee Corporation’ (HGC) na nakaladkad…
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Senate, DND, in same page over ‘fixed term’ issue
DEPARTMENT of National Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that the Senate had expressed support for his recommendation on the removal of “fixed terms” in some key positions…
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Iwahig prison officers accused Bantag of ‘torture’
‘WHEN it rains, in pours,’ as the saying goes and in the case of former Bureau of Corrections director general, Gerald Bantag, the hail of legal woes continues to pour in after five…
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Govt. distributes P18.3 billion under ‘TCT’
THE Department of Finance (DOF) confirmed that the government’s Targeted Cash Transfer (TCT) program for Filipino households deemed most vulnerable to the impact of high fuel prices…
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‘SIM’ registration reaches 21 million
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced that more than 21 million subscriber identity modules (SIMs) have been registered as of January 16, 2023.…
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‘Vote-buying’ yarn versus Lopez, junked
THE Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has junked a case filed against Manila mayoralty bet Alex Lopez in connection with the 2022 elections.
In a resolution by the Comelec First…
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