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MANILA, Philippines — Senate leaders visiting Pag-asa Island in Kalayaan, Palawan on Thursday received radio challenges from China asking them to leave the Philippine territory.
MANILA, Philippines — Allowing the National Food Authority to import rice is a last option for the government, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday amid opposition from farmers’ groups to return the NFA’s power to source the staple outside the country.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. believes the government and the private sector must pool their efforts together to improve the state of higher education after a recent Times Higher Education ranking showed Philippine universities' relatively weaker standing compared to other Asian countries.
Sen. Grace Poe underscored that public-private partnership (PPP) is the viable option to develop Philippine airports and make them attractive to tourists.
MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to ensure that the tax agency hits its targets this year, emphasizing that “hitting revenue targets means the government can fund its spending program, which will enable growth.”
The implementing rules and regulations for the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program are out, although distribution of the aid has not yet started, according to the agency in charge of AKAP, the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The DSWD has been allocated P26.7 billion under the national budget this year to implement AKAP, whose intended beneficiaries are low-income minimum wage earners who have been severely affected by rising inflation.
14 May 2024 (Tuesday) 10:00 A.M. Sen. Pecson Room, 2/F Senate
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management has approved over 4,000 contractual positions to support the government’s poverty reduction drive.