A few weeks back, the House of Representatives gave its approval for the franchise of the newest telecommunications company in the country. The DITO Telecommunity, formerly known as Mislatel, has been given its 25-year legislative franchise. Many people thought that it's not something we should be proud of – however, it must be! Why? Because […]
106 Billion Pesos Budget for Poor Families, Allotted by the Government
The Duterte Administration's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the 4Ps, allocated a 106 billion-peso budget for poor families from the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021. This is to provide cash grants to around 4.3 million families regarding their children’s health and education needs; according to a House Leader. Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero, one of the […]
Senate Approves the Decreased Minimum Height Requirement for Uniformed Personnel
On Monday, September 7th of 2020, the Senate body of the Philippines has made its approval regarding a bill about the decreased minimum height requirement for the police and other uniformed personnel on its third (3rd) and final reading. Garnering a total number of votes which is 23-0; the Senate Bill No. 1563 has been […]
ICT Getting a P21.4 Billion Budget in 2021, Duterte Administration
The digital transformation that our country is becoming more and more evident especially with the rise in digital and online classes, meetings, and work. Because of this, the current Administration plans on allocating P21.4 billion in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure system. With the ICT getting a P21.4 billion budget; President Rodrigo Duterte […]
MTRCB Asked to Consider the Regulation of Streaming Sites
A few days ago, the Movie Television Review and Classification Board or MTRCB made the announcement that they are pushing their plan of regulating Netflix as well as other streaming sites. This plan was made clear by Rachel Arenas, Chairwoman of the MTRCB as she said that they are only following what "the law" says, […]
Metro Manila Subway Project to Provide About 60K Jobs to Filipinos
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said that as an early Christmas gift to people, they're expecting that the Metro Manila Subway project will be able to create about 59K jobs. With their virtual factory acceptance test and media factory of the machines, Tugade made a mention that the project would need about […]
SAP 2 List of Beneficiaries Out Now!
The Department of Social Welfare and Development of DSWD made the announcement that the list of the beneficiaries for the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) is out now! According to them, people can use the tool they were able to develop to find out the list of those who were able to receive the second tranche […]