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EDITORIAL – Progress vs red tape

January 26, 2016 - 9:00am

People who have dealt with the government may be puzzled by news reports that 99 percent of several agencies delivering frontline services had passed the latest test on red tape conducted by the Civil Service Commission....

Opinion

99% of government offices pass anti-red tape test

By Michael Punongbayan | January 25, 2016 - 9:00am

Efforts to improve the delivery of frontline services in government are yielding results as 99 percent of agencies subjected to the 2015 Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey (RCS) passed the test, the Civil Service...

Metro

GSIS allots P1.6 B in emergency loans

January 3, 2016 - 9:00am

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has earmarked P1.6 billion in emergency loans to members and pensioners in Oriental Mindoro, Albay and Sorsogon.

Business

Farm management goes the SMS route

By PNA | December 26, 2015 - 9:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) added text messaging as a means to provide site-specific advice to farmers in addition to the web-based application.

Agriculture

Agencies with failing grade to lose productivity bonus

By Kristine B. Quintas/FPL | August 23, 2015 - 10:00am

Government employees whose agencies failed in the good governance standard for public services are on the verge of losing their productivity enhancement incentives.

Cebu News

File plaints vs ineffective government agencies

By Kristine B. Quintas/ATO | August 19, 2015 - 10:00am

The transacting public is urged to report or file complaints against government agencies that do not extend to them proper service.

Cebu News

CSC taps NGO to fight red tape

By Michael Punongbayan | July 26, 2015 - 10:00am

The Civil Service Commission (CSC), pushing for the enlistment of more volunteers in the fight against red tape, has joined hands with a watchdog group to monitor the government’s frontline services.

Headlines

984 gov’t offices pass anti-red tape check

By Michael Punongbayan | January 27, 2015 - 12:00am

Ninety six percent or 984 of 1,023 government offices surveyed got passing marks in the 2014 Report Card Survey (RCS) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Headlines

PLDT unit, VMware tie up for cloud-based solutions

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 13, 2015 - 12:00am

A unit of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tied up with virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions leader VMware to introduce a cloud-based enterprise-grade virtual desktop...

Business

CSC now accepts complaints on kotong, bribery through text

By Michael Punongbayan | July 29, 2014 - 12:00am

The government’s central helpline against red tape is expanding to accommodate complaints on kotong (extortion) and bribery from micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced...

Metro