PNP Region 6 nets 1.5K wanted persons in Q1
April 25, 2024
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Friday the impressive growth of the insurance industry in 2021 mirrors the efficiency and swift action of the Insurance Commission (IC) in maximizing the use of digital tools and other measures to ensure the resilience of this sector amid the pandemic. On the occasion of its 73rd anniversary, Dominguez thanked the IC led by Commissioner Dennis Funa for this accomplishment as well as for its key role in the audit of government insurance institutions to assist the Department of Finance (DOF) in assessing their strengths and weaknesses. “By effectively discharging its
The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas will work with local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas for the intensified local palay (unhusked rice) procurement following President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s approval of extending buffer stocking to 30 days from the previous nine days. DA Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter, in an interview on Friday, said Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. has already initiated the local procurement a few years ago. “He has allocated I think PHP100 million for the purpose of loaning it out to cooperatives, especially for those with rice processing centers,” she said. However, they still have
Some 71 Bangsamoro teachers have completed the month-long peace conversations, capability enhancement sessions, and education workshops to effectively communicate the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and its peripheral areas. In a social media post on Friday afternoon, the Office of the Presidential Adviser of Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) said the recently concluded training was part of its efforts to promote the document to educators from different learning institutions such as madaris (Islamic schools) and Catholic schools in BARMM and its neighboring areas. OPAPRU-Social Healing and
Officials from the Department of Education (DepEd) in Negros Oriental on Friday raised concerns to authorities over their safety and security during the conduct of the May 9 national and local elections. Their concerns were addressed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during the 6th Provincial Joint Security Control Center (JPSCC) meeting at the Marian Priests’ Center in this capital. Negros Oriental provincial schools superintendent Dr. Senen Paulin said one of their main concerns is the safety of their teachers as he cited some instances in the
The Department of Justice (DOJ) officials said they are still waiting for the formal report of the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) to explain if prison rules had been breached in the grant of an interview to a person deprived of liberty (PDL) — retired lawmaker and Army general Jovito Palparan — aired by a local television station on Wednesday. “I have requested Bucor to submit a written (report) on the matter, they will comply,” said DOJ Undersecretary Deo Marco on Friday, echoing an earlier statement by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. Palparan, 71, in a taped interview with SNMI station, denounced
The Supreme Court (SC) has turned down for being moot a petition filed by one of senior Department of Agriculture (DA) officials indicted in the cases in connection with the PHP700-million fertilizer fund scam uncovered by the Senate in 2005. In a resolution uploaded online on March 23, the SC’s First Division dismissed “for being moot and academic” the petition filed by retired former DA Regional Executive Director Roger C. Chio who died two years ago at the age of 74 questioning the Sandiganbayan’s decision to proceed with trying him in the cases. Noting that the petitioner passed away during
