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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and six other government agencies signed Monday, Oct.18, a “landmark” convergence pact to forge and promote “deeper” scientific and technological collaboration in an effort to optimize investments and impact of research and development (R&D) initia

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will construct five more military facilities in Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija. With a total worth of PHP75.76 million, the projects are under the DPWH - Department of National Defense (DND) Convergence Program, also known as "Tatag ng Imprastruktura Para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS). The TIKAS program was initiated for the mutual benefit of the two agencies wherein the DND can mount proje...

A joint memorandum circular creating a special committee which will ensure the efficient and harmonized delivery of assistance during disaster and emergencies has been signed. Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (above center), Department of Trade a

President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In Executive Order No. 137, President Duterte has institutionalized the Aid and Humanitarian Operations Nationwide (AHON) Convergence Program “as a platform for an enhanced and unified delivery of social amelioration services.” The same order created an inter-agency committee to coordinate the aid operations as well as establish a database of beneficiaries. The President’s order noted that the country remained vulnerable to the impact of ...

Duterte orders harmonized aid, humanitarian operations during emergencies enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 25) - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order institutionalizing a system that will accelerate and harmonize the distribution of aid and humanitarian operations during disasters and emergencies. Executive Order No. 137 institutionalizes the Aid and Humanitarian Operations Nationwide (AHON) Convergence Program for an "enhanced and unified...

Convergence Program for the period 2021-2023 with important economic data for this period. The document was adopted last week by the Council of Ministers, but has not yet been uploaded on the Finance Ministrys website.  It is only available on the European Commissions website. It is important to recall that the Convergence Program is a strategic document presenting the main elements of the national fiscal policy in the medium term. According to the Convergence Program, the decline in investm...

deficit of BGN 4.9 billion planned in the State Budget Act, at the end of 2021 the treasury will be in the red by nearly BGN 7 billion, or 5.6% of GDP.  This is written in the Convergence Program of Bulgaria for the period 2021-2023. The document was adopted last week by the Council of Ministers, but has not yet been uploaded on the Finance Ministrys website.  It is only available on the European Commissions website. It is important to recall that the Convergence Program is a strategic do...

The Government adopted the Memorandum on the Convergence Program of Romania for the period 2021 – 2024, which is to be sent to the European Commission for the coordination of economic and budgetary policies within the Union, as part of the European Semester. At the same time, the measures included in it respond to the country-specific recommendations for Romania. The adopted program presents the trajectory and the necessary measures for consolidating public finances in a sustainable and balan...

SunStar + February 25, 2021 ECO-TOURISM enthusiasts will soon be able to easily access Ditabuyan Falls in Barangay Cadaclan, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Nueva Ecija 1st District Engineering Office is set to complete the third phase of the access road to the eco-tourism destination. The DPWH, in a post on its regional social media page, said the project is expected to finish in March 2021. District Engineer Gerardo T. de Guzman said...

  The signatories of the Joint Memorandum Circular include Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles, DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista, DAR Secretary John R. Castriciones, DA Secretary William D. Dar, DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año, DepEd Secretary Leonor M. Briones,  DOH Secretary Francisco T. Duque III, DOST Secretary Fortunato T. Dela Peña, DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, TESDA Secretary Isidro S. Lapeña, NAPC Secretary Noel K. Felongco, DICT Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II, L...