LGU PANDAN-MAYOR’S OFFICE CALAMITY FUNDS worth P3.41 billion have been released as of the end of March to fund relief operations and repairs to infrastructure that had sustained typhoon damage, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.In its National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund

PHILSTARTHE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has asked the Health and Local Government departments to fast-track the release of health emergency allowances (HEA), citing a backlog in releases.“To resolve the bottleneck… maybe a blanket MoA (Memorandum of Agreement) could cover all private organizations and

PHILSTAR FILE PHOTOAMENDING the economic provisions of the constitution will address a number of “uncertainties” that concern foreign investors, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) said.“We believe that foreign investors have long been discouraged by long-term uncertainty. The uncertainty in our economic policy framework stems

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANTHE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) must continue supporting online platforms and sellers during the rollout of a withholding tax scheme amid complaints about difficulties with compliance, a tax practitioner said.“It is not unusual for the BIR to extend the period to comply,

TWITTER.COM/SECMANALOByJohn Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE PHILIPPINES and Singapore are pushing a code of conduct in the South China Sea (SCS) that they said could ease Chinese aggression in the waterway.“The code of conduct will not resolve issues of sovereignty or issues of maritime entitlement, but

PHILIPPINE STAR/KJ ROSALESPHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday vowed to bring down drug syndicates and the illegal drug trade, while minimizing bloodshed in carrying out these operations.This came after law enforcers on Monday seized a record P13.3-billion ($234 million) haul of crystal meth

PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOSBy Chloe Mari A. HufanaBUSINESS groups in the Philippines on Tuesday said they were not worried about the transport strike by jeepney drivers and operators, saying it had not disrupted the operations of their members.Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) President Sergio R.

By Kenneth Christiane L. BasilioA CONGRESSMAN has raised alarm over Chinese nationals obtaining official documents exclusively for Filipinos like passports and even birth certificates, seeing this suspicious development as a threat to national security.Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers urged President Ferdinand R.