Aquino govt approves anti-corruption plan
THE AQUINO administration approved Tuesday the Good Governance and Anti-corruption (GGAC) Plan for 2012-2016 aimed at simplifying and integrating government database to fight graft...
Davao to install CCTVs at checkpoints
THE Davao city government is pushing through a plan of installing closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) at three checkpoint sites in the city. Davao City...
Duterte wants holistic approach to mitigate impact of calamities
VICE MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE proposed for the national government to come up with a holistic approach to mitigate the impact of calamities aggravated by...
Devolving basic care: Key to decongesting hospitals
THE key to decongesting overcrowded tertiary hospitals is to let the facilities just focus on specialized cases. This according to Carlito Pillerin administrator of...
Pag-IBIG’s penalty condonation programs take effect Jan. 2012
THE Home Development Fund (HDMF) popularly known as Pag-IBIG Fund will launch its penalty condonation programs both for the employers and the Fund members...
SSS suspends loan payments, fees for members in typhoon-hit areas
THE Social Security System (SSS) will implement a calamity relief package for its members and pensioners who are victims of the deadly floods caused...
Casiño to Corona: ‘Do not hide behind technicalities!’
BAYAN Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, a signatory of the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona chided the Chief Magistrate for hiding...
DENR urges more LGU vigilance vs environmental destruction
DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Sec. Ramon Paje wants local government units (LGUs) nationwide to intensify efforts to protect the environment against...
GSIS okays emergency loan to members hit by ‘Sendong’
STATE-PENSION fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) on Tuesday approved the grant of P20,000 emergency loan to eligible members residing and/or working in areas...
Congress urged to enact law vs OFWs who abandon families
A non-government organization catering to migrant workers has urged legislators to enact a law against Overseas Filipino Workers who abandoned their families in the...