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Palace grants P7K gratuity pay to job order, contractual workers of government
by Helen M. Flores - December 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Contract of service and job order workers in the government will receive up to P7,000 gratuity pay this year, Malacañang announced on Friday.
CBRT, P17B international container port: Two Cebu infrastructure projects signed
by Helen M. Flores - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
It is a “full speed ahead” for the New Cebu International Container Port and the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit transportation system, following the signing of contracts for these projects in Malacañan...
President Marcos pushes for digitalization in first 2 SONAs
by Helen M. Flores - July 22, 2024 - 12:00am
Digitalization and wider connectivity were among the main commitments made by President Marcos in his first two State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) aimed at speeding up the delivery of government services, boosting...
President Marcos issues EO to streamline performance management
by Helen M. Flores - June 9, 2024 - 12:00am
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has issued an order seeking to streamline the government performance management and incentives system and align it with ease of doing business initiatives and international...
DSWD races to give rice retailers P15 trillion aid
by Helen M. Flores - September 13, 2023 - 12:00am
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is rushing to finish releasing by tomorrow, Thursday, the P15,000 assistance to small retailers affected by the mandated rice price ceiling, before the start...
DA sees increase in supply: Price of rice to stabilize
by Helen M. Flores - September 11, 2023 - 12:00am
The government sees the price of rice to stabilize, as thousands of farmers nationwide began harvesting their main season crop this month until October.
President Marcos approves law establishing specialty centers in government hospitals
by Helen M. Flores - August 30, 2023 - 12:00am
President Marcos has signed into law a measure mandating the establishment of specialty centers in Department of Health-run hospitals and in government-owned or -controlled corporation hospitals in the country.
Palace expects prices  of rice  to drop
by Helen M. Flores - August 12, 2023 - 12:00am
Prices of rice are expected to drop as the Philippines received lower export quotations from Vietnam while the government continues talks with India, another top rice exporting country, to procure the staple.
Palace assures enough rice supply
by Helen M. Flores - August 10, 2023 - 12:00am
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has assured that the country has sufficient supply of rice that could last "even after the El Ni o phenomenon next year."
UAE pardons three  convicted Filipinos
by Helen M. Flores - June 25, 2023 - 12:00am
The United Arab Emirates has pardoned three Filipinos – two of whom on death row due to drug trafficking – Malacañang announced on Friday night.
Criminal case not within mandate of Ombudsman
by Helen M. Flores - June 25, 2023 - 12:00am
The murder case filed against suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. cannot be transferred to the Office of the Ombudsman as it is not part of its mandate, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile...
The weather’s fine
by Helen M. Flores - March 8, 2020 - 12:00am
In a country touted as one of the most gender-equal in the world, seeing women excelling in male-dominated professions is no longer strange. And in the past few years, there’s one crucial field in which young...
Dancing for a new life
by Helen M. Flores - September 8, 2019 - 12:00am
When Novy Bereber bursts into the room, his energy is infectious. Today his long, wavy hair is silver gray with highlights of hot pink.
There’s joy within these walls
by Helen M. Flores - August 11, 2019 - 12:00am
It was in the summer of 2007 when Tsinoy businessman and philanthropist John Go Hoc opened his almost 2,000-square-meter property in historic Intramuros to informal settler children in Manila.
Willie Ong: The doctor is ‘in’
by Helen M. Flores - July 21, 2019 - 12:00am
His senatorial run was viewed with skepticism, even some degree of derision, a quixotic (mis)adventure jousting with the windmills of political goons, guns and gold.
“We need to accept him first before others can accept him.”
by Helen M. Flores - May 12, 2019 - 12:00am
Lalaine Castro wants to live long enough to see her 12-year-old son Justine, who was diagnosed with autism, have his own family.
The Breast Center: Making women’s health a priority
by Helen M. Flores - March 10, 2019 - 12:00am
With the continuing advances in breast cancer screening and treatment, the illness is no longer the death sentence that it used to be, says Dr. Aldine Basa, who heads the breast centers at two leading hospitals in...
Kalahati ng mga Pilipino masaya ang love life
by Helen M. Flores - February 15, 2019 - 12:00am
Kalahati ng mga mamamayang Pilipino ang masaya sa kanilang buhay-pag-ibig, ayon sa bagong survey ng Social Weather Station.
Mapping The Underwater World
by Helen M. Flores - November 11, 2018 - 12:00am
A young Filipino’s fondness for the marine environment and passion to serve the people led to the establishment of an underwater mapping and surveying company which aims to protect the world’s coral...
The Filipina as Public Health Leader
by Helen M. Flores - September 30, 2018 - 12:00am
For the first time in 68 years, a Filipino woman has taken up the challenge of leading the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Western Pacific (WPRO), bringing her more than three decades of experience...
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