QUEZON CITY, — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted a roadshow and demonstration on the proper use of automated counting machines (ACM) for members of the government media and government personnel at the Philippine Information Agency in Quezon City. The event aimed to educate voters on the technology utilized by the ACM and to familiarize them…
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) will spearhead a Campus Caravan and competitions among college students in celebration of the “Communications Month 2023” this October. The PCO’s conduct of Campus Caravan will feature activities such as putting up of exhibition booths, media information literacy workshops, creative contests and competitions, panel discussions, Konsyerto sa Palasyo campus auditions,…
MANILA – Manufacturers and retailers of key commodities are calling for the institution of creative new measures to ease price pressures as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas expects last month’s inflation to likely hover around the 8.5 to 9.3 percent range.
Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook photo) LEGAZPI CITY – The Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea’s powerhouse business center, has recently reappointed Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda as its Advisor for International Affairs for another two years, a post he held since 2009 when he was Albay governor, and which would span…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will push for a just, sustainable and affordable energy transition financing, deeper health cooperation, digitalization and innovation, and food security cooperation during his attendance next week to the 30th APEC Leaders’ Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA. During a pre-departure briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Charles Jose…
Binuksan ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) ang 2023 Deaf Awareness Week na may temang “Pagsulong ng Ligtas at Ingklusibong Edukasyon: Filipino Sign Language at iba pang Paraan ng Komunikasyon Tungo sa Isang Matatag na Kinabukasan.” Ito ay ginanap noong Nobyembre 10 sa Bulwagang Romualdez, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, sa lungsod ng Maynila. Ang pagbubukas…
INT’L PARTNERSHIPS. Trade Secretary Cristina Roque delivers her speech at the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum in the House of Representatives on Feb. 4, 2025. Also in the photo is Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum chairperson and former US Congressman Robert Pittenger. (Photo courtesy of DTI) The Philippines sees its expanding international collaborations, as part of its policies to strengthen trade…
The Sin Tax Coalition has thanked the Speaker Martin Romualdez, House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, and other House leaders on their decision to cancel further deliberations on HB11279, which they say will ‘sabotage’ the Sin Tax Reform Law by lowering tobacco tax rates. The Sin Tax Coalition is composed of…
Our lawmakers would have opportunities to understand and appreciate more the efforts and initiatives of the local scientific community, spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM). Through the initiatives of the DOST Legislative Liaison Office or DLLO, together with the House Committees on…
The Department of Trade and Insustry (DTI) said some P22 billion worth of projects sealed during the foreign visits of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. this year are already operational. DTI Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo said at the recent Bagong Pilipinas briefing the projects are part of the P4.019-trillion investment pledges bagged by the Chief Executive during his…
