Day: September 10, 2024

Manila: The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Tuesday confirmed the ad interim appointment of lawyer Jose Vicencio Mejia as a member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) representing the private sector. In his sponsorship speech, Senator Ronald dela Rosa cited Mejia’s passion for advocating the principles of law, which made him a part of the JBC earlier on as a representative of the Academe in 2011, and finished his second term on July of 2018. “His journey as a member of the Philippine Bar is marked with utmost competence and dedication in his chosen field,” dela Rosa said. “Indeed,

LAOAG CITY – About 17,000 Ilocos Norte residents are set to receive on Wednesday cash aid amounting to PHP71 million under the national government’s Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to lead the aid distribution at the Laoag City Centennial Arena for the 10,000 District 1 beneficiaries and at the Mariano Marcos State University gymnatorium for the 7,000 District 2 beneficiaries. Each beneficiary will get PHP3,000 to PHP5,000 based on the assessment of the documents they submitted to the offices

Manila: Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday said they are looking at an “innovation” to hasten the procurement of textbooks for basic education learners. During the Senate deliberation of DepEd’s proposed 2025 budget, Angara told senators that they were eyeing title pre-selection as a system they want to duplicate from private schools or law schools. Under the system, students are given the titles they can buy from bookstores. “I think it will make things easier — to select from the available titles in the market, and it will also help perhaps our local publishers and the local

Manila: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is working on a roadmap to transition public transport into electric vehicles. DOTr Undersecretary Jesus Ortega said Monday the department is advancing zero carbon emission and mobility, as well as alternative fuel vehicles as part of the government’s commitment to climate response and the gradual shift to renewable energy. ‘If our road public transport goes electric, we are on our way to sustainable green transport,’ Ortega said. He cited, among others, Executive Order 12 to stimulate the electric vehicle market, support the transition to emerging technologies, reduce the transport system’s reliance on fossil fuels,

Manila: The Philippines inaugurated Tuesday a special white beach for Muslim travelers in world-renowned Boracay. The beach, called the ‘Marhaba Boracay,’ is the first of its kind on the island and is located at the Boracay Newcoast area, facing the famed ‘Lapus-Lapus’ rock formation. In a news release, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said the cove would be open to ‘Muslim families and travelers’. ‘The launching of the Marhaba Boracay aligns with the DOT’s continuous efforts under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to promote Halal and Muslim-friendly tourism in the Philippines,’ it said. ‘The initiative comes on