SENATOR Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos,Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, received the eleven members of the House of Regional Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, who called on him and whose main interest is to discuss the experiences of the Philippines in regulating and developing the whole local government system, including the Barangay as a community and public administrative unit.

The visit also served as a manifestation of potential expansion of diplomati...

SENATOR Manny Villar called on the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to crack down on licensed recruitment agencies that demand money in exchange for the retrieval of passports and other documents by job applicants.

The pro-OFW legislator said that his office has received reports about certain licensed agencies that withhold their passports and refuse to return them despite several months of waiting for their deployment to push through.

"I urge the Philippine Overseas Employm...

TO DRIVE home his seriousness and determination in fighting corruption, President Benigno S. Aquino III has put himself at the helm of the Cabinet Cluster on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption.

“Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap means that good governance will be our overarching strategy in pursuit of inclusive development. It also means that the President will be leading the charge against corruption,” Budget and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad said.

“The President is serious a...

AS TESTAMENT of its commitment to help overseas Filpino workers (OFWs),  Puregold will put up a special booth during the 6th edition of its highly-successful "Tindahan ni Aling Puring Sari-sari Store Convention" that will be allocated for “modern-day heroes” who want to put up a sari-sari store.

 

OFWs and their families will be taught on how to start the business and have an alternative livelihood during the convention slated from May 18-21 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

Vice Pres...

SOME of the biggest names in the business sector will impart their knowledge on how to start a small- and medium-scale business during the 6th Edition of Puregold’s "Tindahan ni Aling Puring Sari-sari Store Convention" from May 18-21, 2011 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

 

Dr. Francisco Colayco, a well-known entrepreneur, a venture developer and a financial advisor, leads the list of personalities who will tackle different aspects of business that would be helpful to would-be entrepr...

VICE President Jejomar Binay and Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) has been invited guest of honor and speaker during the opening ceremony of the 6th Puregold Sari-Sari Convention slated May 18-21, 2011 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.

Big names in business as well as celebrities and Puregold endorsers in Boy Abunda, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon are also expected to grace the occassion.

And as testament of its commitment to help OFWs,  Puregold will put up a special b...

THE Senate Committee on Local Government will hold another public hearing in Marawi City next week before submitting its committee report on the Malacanang-backed proposal to postpone the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) polls originally scheduled for August this year to 2013.

Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, committee chairman, emphasized that there is a need to conduct further hearings as to provide the bases for any conclusions in the eventual committee report.

Marcos emphasiz...

President Aquino said the plan will allot government land to an initial 560,000 families (a third of the more than 1.4-million informal settlers in the whole country) determined to be “squatting” in Metro Manila.

He said a unique “opportunity” had presented itself after an inventory led by the Departments of Agriculture and Environment and Natural Resources had discovered that 1.5-million hectares of government land were readily available.

“We can give each of those 560,000 families t...