The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will bring business caravan to Antique. The DTI has chosen the province to be one of the sites for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) caravan which is slated on the 26th and 27th day of this month.
The trade department is encouraging businesses falling under the category of [...]

Department of Justice (DOJ) secretary Leila de Lima was nominated for Ombudsman before the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) by Assistant State Prosecutor Romeo Swenson because he said he beilieves that de Lima is most qualified to head the anti-graft agency. “Secretary de Lima has shown he incorruptible stand, integrity beyond reproach and character par [...]

The Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Cancer Society (PCS) joined hands to launch a program that will allow poor women diagnosed with early stage of breast cancer to have access to medicines and other forms of support. The program hopes to increase the survival rates of breast cancer victims in the Philippines.
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The Pantawid Pasada fuel subsidy smart cards released last May 2 to jeepney drivers have already been loaded according to the Department of Energy (DoE). The smart cards were loaded with a value of P1,050 and they can be presented at gasoline stations with signs saying “Pantawid Cards Accepted Here.” The energy department also confirmed [...]

Major oil player Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation is preparing 200 gasoline stations nationwide to serve as jeepney lanes for the fuel subsidy program of the government, with issuance of the fuel discount card’s under the “Pantawid Pasada” program already underway.

The Diskwento Caravan (Discount Caravan) will soon roll out to areas outside Metro Manila to bring cheaper goods to more Filipino consumers.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Gregory L. Domingo said, “We also want consumers in various regions to experience the reduced prices of goods sold at the caravan which Metro Manila residents were [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed Ang Galing Pinoy Party List Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and his wife Angela ordering them to appear before the justice department to answer the charges for the P73.85-million tax evasion cased filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) April 7.
The former presidential son and his wife were [...]

The Department of Health (DOH) reported that the number of dengue cases in the country is almost reaching the 20,000 mark. The report reflected in the National Epidemiology Center (NEC) shows that from January 1 to April 12, the figure reached 17,228 for individuals who have contacted dengue. Said figure is 0.33 percent than the [...]

The Department of Education (DepEd) issued a memorandum laying the school calendar for this year, including the opening date of school year 2011-2012 which will be on June 6.
Secretary Armin Luistro of DepEd said the total number of school days would 202, and the last day of the school year falls on March 30, 2012. [...]

The much anticipated announcement on Labor Day will not be heard this coming May 1. Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarified that there will be no announcement of wage increase on May, despite Malacañang’s pronouncement before that it is coming out with a Labor Day gift to help workers [...]

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that their recent trade and investment mission in India have generated new investment pledges worth $42 million. Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said they were from three energy projects and a pharmaceutical packaging ventures.
The Philippine delegates, led by Domingo, attended the recent ASEAN-India Business Fair and Conclave held [...]

In response to the steady rising of oil prices, the Aquino government is planning to resort to “extreme legal measure” by issuing an executive order that would ban further oil price increases. The same has been done during the Arroyo administration when Executive Order was in issued in 2009 to freeze oil prices.
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Another addition to the Lenten sacrifice of Filipinos for the Holy Week: The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have gone up by P1/kilo or P11 per 11-kg tank on Holy Wednesday. The price increase was implemented after some fuel firms raised prices of their products.
According to the LPG Marketers’ Association (LPGMA), the increase was [...]

The job opportunities available on the Labor Day job fair spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have already reached more 100,000 as confirmed by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. She said there are around 1,000 companies and recruitment agencies who would be offering both locals and foreign employment opportunities at the different Jobs [...]

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Monday that the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia on November 2009 for involvement in smuggling shabu into the country was granted pardon and freed Sunday.
The DFA did not release his name, in deference to the request of his family for [...]

About 70 renewable energy service contracts were cancelled by the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its effort to weed-out “non-performing contracts” and offer them to more serious investors. Energy Undersecretary Jose M. Layug Jr. also said that licenses covering four prospective petroleum blocks were likewise cancelled.
The energy undersecretary said that the  70 companies [...]

While drivers are still waiting for the issuance of their “smartcard” which would allow them to avail of fuel subsidy, the Department of Energy announced that motorists should again brace themselves for another possible round of petroleum price increase next week. The increase was said to be brought about by the cost of the crude [...]

The Department of Justice (DoJ) received charges filed by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank against each other. To conduct a  preliminary investigation on the said charges, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima formed a three-man panel lead by Senior State Prosecutor Rosanne Balauag, and members Assistant State Prosecutors Bernardo [...]

Former governor Zaldy U. Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is facing plunder charges. Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo said charges will be filed against Ampatuan after an audit report revealed that unaccounted amount of P2.5 billion in government funds. Robredo said the charges could be filed by the [...]

Stradcom Corp., the exclusive IT service provider for the Land Transportation Office (LTO) warns of a possible shutdown of the database and computer system it operates for the agency if the LTO continues to refuse remitting payments to the private firm. Stradcom provide and maintains LTO’s information technology facilities, including its database and licensing functions.
The [...]