MANILA — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) met Monday noon at the Supreme Court to discuss the selection process for the next Chief Justice. The JBC is a constitutional body tasked to screen candidates to all posts in the judiciary. The Chief Justice post was vacated after Renato Corona was removed from office last […]
MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged on Monday micro-businesses, particularly “tiangge” and “sari-sari” stores, to register with the Philippine Business Registry (PBR). DTI Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya said it would be better for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to legalize their business so they can avail themselves of the government’s benefits. […]
MANILA (3rd Update, 4:34 p.m.) — Candidates for the position of Chief Justice vacated by Renato Corona last week will be required to open their bank deposits for scrutiny, the vetting body Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) said Monday. The requirement came after Corona himself called on public officials in his impeachment trial that they […]
MANILA – The House of Representatives is considering extending its plenary session until Thursday this week for the approval of the sin tax bill, a proposed law certified as urgent by President Benigno Aquino III. “Our target here is to finish everything by Wednesday but if we are unable to do that, we will just […]
MANILA – President Benigno Aquino III will have a chance to meet American Idol runner-up Filipina-Mexican Jessica Sanchez during his upcoming visit to the United States. Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said the President will be meeting the 16-year-old singer before he heads back to the country. “He will have an opportunity to see Jessica Sanchez […]
MALACAÑANG asked farmers groups on Monday to help the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) determine the areas where the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) are not yet implemented. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte made the appeal to farmers following criticisms of the administration’s apparent “ineffective and snail-paced” implementation of land distribution under Carp with reforms […]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III had a brief meeting with visiting United States Joint Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey in Malacanang hours before he left for the United Kingdom and US Monday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario confirmed the meeting, saying the ongoing dispute between the Philippines and China over the Panatag Shoal was […]
THE government will spend P87.1 million for President Benigno Aquino III’s official trips to the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US), Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Monday. Aquino left Monday afternoon for London via a chartered Philippine Airlines flight along with an 89-member delegation. The President’s trip to UK is from June […]
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Belmonte failed to fulfill his earlier promise to the press that he will release his 2011 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) after the impeachment trial of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona. The Senate impeachment tribunal, with a vote of 20-3, handed down last week a guilty verdict on the […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Department of Education (DepEd) Assistant District Supervisor Nicolas Capulong explained during the opening of the classes on Monday that payment of school fees is on a voluntary basis. “Ala kayu pong katungkulang legal, ing pamamye boluntaryo mu. Ating kayu pung katungkulang moral king kekayung eskuwela,” he told the parents, during […]