It’s ‘all systems go’ for school opening

Source Manila Bulletin

The Department of Education (DepEd) is expected to welcome over 27 million students from kindergarten to senior high school today (August 22) as the school year 2022-2023 formally opens...

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The House of Representatives has vowed to swiftly approve the proposed P5.268-trillion economic recovery budget of the Marcos administration while giving all lawmakers time to scrutinize the national budget for 2023...

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The Philippines plans to raise a further $3 billion to $4 billion from foreign bond sales this year, according to a person familiar with the matter...

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Malacañang on Sunday said that the discovery of thousands of tons of sugar stored in warehouses in Luzon has led officials to conclude that the sugar shortage reported by beverage, food, and bread makers was only artificial...

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Two Philippine-made satellites completed their orbit early this month after they were launched late last year, according to the team that designed them...

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Authorities have mapped out plans to ensure that the opening of public schools and return to in-person classes on Monday will go smoothly...

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The government retained Metro Manila and several other areas under Alert 1 even as the country recorded an increase in COVID-19 related deaths in the past two months, with unvaccinated people accounting for at least 63 percent of the fatalities, the Department of Health said Saturday...

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December Gonzales, a mother of three, is torn between her children’s health and safety and the need for education as millions of students return to school across the nation on Monday...

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Sugar will be included in the products that the Department of Trade and Industry is monitoring, as directed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the DTI said at the weekend...

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Government agencies may be given six months to less than three years to transition to digital disbursement and collection, according to the draft rules on the government’s adoption of digital payments...

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The Marcos administration will soon convene the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) to lobby for its proposed priority pieces of legislation, including a Department of Water Resources they hoped to be established during the current 19th Congress...

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The Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) has expressed support for a proposed measure that seeks to strip the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) of its regulatory functions...

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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is urging exporters to review and comply with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership's (RCEP) rules of origin (ROO) to avail of preferential tariff treatment...

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A bill granting a 20% discount on fees charged to indigent job applicants for government-issued pre-employment documents has been refiled in the Senate...

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Senator Sonny Angara wants to expand the government’s feeding program for malnourished children being implemented by public daycare centers, and kindergarten and elementary schools to cover high school students...

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Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman has filed in Congress a proposed measure mandating all cities and municipalities with considerable Muslim populations to establish their own Muslim public cemeteries...

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House minority leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has filed a bill seeking to create Eastern Samar’s second legislative district to provide the province adequate representation in Congress...

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A House official is pushing for a higher excise on pre-mixed, flavored alcoholic drinks, like alcopops, alcomixes, coolers, cruisers, and breezers with alcohol content under 10 percent...

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Introducing the automated coin deposit machine (CoDMs), the latest of the government’s stratagems to promote the re-circulation of coins and persuade Filipinos to use the low-value currency in their daily transactions...

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PAG-IBIG members can now view their Pag-IBIG Savings and annual dividends, payments history, and loan balance and dues using their mobile phones with the launch of the agency's official mobile app — the Virtual Pag-IBIG Mobile App — its top officials announced Thursday...

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Why be rivals, when we can be friends? Tourism Secretary-designate Christina Garcia Frasco has reached out to the government of Thailand and private travel companies in a bid to get more Thais to visit the Philippines...

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The prevailing indifference of both Malaysia and the Philippines over the $14.9 billion arbitral award by an international tribunal may revive the dormant declaration of the independence of Mindanao and Sabah which was shelved by the Moro National Liberation Front after President Duterte assumed as President in 2016, a Tribune source said yesterday...

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The Philippines will receive at least 10.5 million COVID-19 vaccines that will be given in tranches starting December this year as part of the pledge by the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX Facility to replace wasted stocks...

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday pledged to improve the Philippines-Cambodia bilateral relations which has reached its 65th year...

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Russian fertilizers and agricultural products must be able to reach world markets “unimpeded” or a global food crisis could strike as early as next year, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Saturday...

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Japan is considering the deployment of more than 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its ability to counter growing regional threats from China, local newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday...

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls for vigilance, saying Moscow could try 'something particularly ugly' on the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's independence from Soviet rule...

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All the worry about climate change might make you think the Greenhouse Effect is bad. But the planet keeps itself warm enough for life with this energetic, actively balanced atmospheric system...

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Heeding President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for national unity, the leaders of the country’s top Moro organizations have finally set aside their differences and vowed to advance the welfare of the Bangsamoro people...

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Industry players expect the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to improve its coordination with stakeholders and ensure the protection of local producers after President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appointed new officials...

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Classrooms which have been shuttered for two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic reopen today, August 22, as more than 28 million students return to in-person instruction this school year...

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Minority lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Sunday vowed to scrutinize the P5.268-trillion budget for 2023, which is expected to be submitted to the House on Monday...

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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is personally monitoring the distribution of dole-outs for indigent students from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for this school year, Malacañang said Sunday...

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Authorities disco-vered at least 60,000 bags of suspected hoarded sugar in four more warehouses in Guiguinto, Bulacan over the weekend as they continued to address the “artificial” shortage and bring down the price of the commodity...

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An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the agency will be establishing two major information systems to strengthen the data sharing and accounting of the country’s natural resources...

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The national treasury’s dividend income from government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) can fund the P25 billion needed to double the pension of indigent senior citizens to P1,000 per month, a lawmaker said...

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Sen. Francis Tolentino on Saturday said the Senate blue ribbon committee, which he now chairs, will change its communication policy and have the results of its investigations “read out” at the concluding hearing, similar to how courts publicly disclose their decisions...

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The Philippines is running late with its regulatory preparations for a safe nuclear power transition, the head of the Senate energy committee said...

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The Philippine government should coordinate with local authorities after chaos marred its aid payout to poor students, experts said at the weekend, amid spiraling oil and food prices...

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Private sector groups including mall operators and those in the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) are now asking the government to be strict in implementing minimum health protocols, such as wearing masks and social distancing among citizens to ensure that the economy will not be disrupted despite the fluctuating cases of Covid-19...

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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, the country’s largest teachers’ union, has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to double the cash allowance received by government teachers at the start of every school year, from P5,000 to P10,000...

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Messy as it may be, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that its educational assistance program has disbursed P141 million which benefitted 48,000 individuals nationwide...

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After opening new routes in time for the opening of classes, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Sunday asked the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to suspend the no contact apprehension policy for public utility vehicles (PUVs)...

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a task force whose primary aim is to make COVID-19 vaccines commercially available in the country...

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Most consumers in the Philippines are skeptical of sustainability claims of fashion items and do more research before buying the item, a study from Milieu Insight showed...

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a task force whose primary aim is to make COVID-19 vaccines commercially available in the country...

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The number of dengue cases in the country has continued to increase, according to the Department of Health (DOH)...

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A Quezon City government official says the dispute in the payment of real property taxes with the Metro Rail Transit Authority is still pending before the Supreme Court...

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Two days before the Aug. 22 reopening of public schools nationwide, Grade 6 teacher Julieta Golez spent around five hours rearranging the 43 chairs in her classroom as she tried to figure out how to seat her students at least one meter apart...

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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday flagged the expected shortage of Beep cards because of the ongoing global shortage of computer chips used in the stored value cards used in the train lines in Metro Manila...

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The Department of Education (DepEd) will disburse a one-time cash allowance of P5,000 to all teachers during the opening of classes on Aug. 22.

DepEd spokesman Michael Poa said at a press conference that the allowance was aimed at helping teachers return to school...

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Congress should decide by the end of August whether to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in December so the poll body can make the needed adjustments, according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair George Erwin Garcia...

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By the time a worker ends his lunch break, some 87 babies have been born, 34 couples tied the knot, and 54 Filipinos died, based on the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...

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Housing remains inaccessible for millions of Filipinos because they cannot afford it, especially low-income and large families as well as those who live in highly urbanized cities, according to a study released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)...

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The Philippines will be more competitive in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry if Manila will support the work-from-home (WFH) scheme, according to the chief executive of Concentrix Philippines...

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported a big jump in PESONet transactions, following the implementation of a multiple batch settlement (MBS) facility for the electronic funds transfer service...

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The Department of Transportation said over the weekend it plans to privatize the operations of Metro Rail Transit Line-3 as the build-lease-transfer agreement with Metro Rail Transit Corp. is set to lapse by 2025...

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A leading dairy manufacturer said the Department of Agriculture (DA) needs to fine-tune its policies to help boost the dairy industry...

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Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have increased since June as families contend with education expenses in time for today’s official opening of classes in the country...

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The Department of Trade Industry (DTI) said on Saturday it will study the call from bakers’ groups for a P4 price increase in bread, but noted that the price of wheat, the source of flour used in making bread, has gone down by 12 percent since May...

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Most economic think tanks see additional—but smaller—increases in the policy rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in the coming months. But many expect the tightening cycle to pause after December, mainly as inflation is projected to peak in the fourth quarter...

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Beverage giant Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. on Saturday said the bottling industry needs about 450,000 metric tons of premium refined sugar...

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said it signed a deal with partner retailers for the deployment of Coin Deposit Machines (CoDM) in a bid to promote coin recirculation...

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MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), industry and labor working together will create a virtuous cycle that in the end will generate more jobs for everyone...

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