A lawmaker at the House of Representatives has filed a measure that would promote investments in agriculture by easing farmland landholding restrictions and rationalizing land transaction processes. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Joey Salceda filed on Aug. 9 House Bill 9955 or the Agrarian Lands Easing Act, which seeks to condone the loans of…
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday said barangay tanods (village watchmen) and other members of so-called “police auxiliary units” (PAU) are not allowed under the law to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties and functions. In a news release, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año said Republic Act…
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has the final say on the possible pairing of Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and President Rodrigo Duterte in the 2022 national elections, Malacañang said Thursday. This, after a faction of Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao in PDP-Laban claimed that the ruling party’s resolution endorsing the Go-Duterte tandem is…
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has called on national government agencies and local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas to strengthen its coordination to prepare for the Supreme Court ruling that will give more functions to local governments starting 2022. DBM Eastern Visayas regional director Imelda Laceras said during a virtual orientation on…
Twelve commissioned officers, including a lieutenant colonel, had been promoted to the next higher rank in Central Mindanao, the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (ID) announced here Thursday. In a simple ceremony, Maj. General Juvymax Uy, 6ID commander, led here the donning of the new rank to Lieutenant Colonel Clairemont Pinpin who was promoted to the…
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. announced on Thursday it has completed the initial phases of its domestic subsea cable network to the Visayas and Mindanao regions, bringing improved internet connectivity down to the barangay level. Seeing signs of recovery of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in the second quarter of the year, Converge’s SME…
