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Published July 12, 2021, 8:47 AM To promote active transportation in the country, the government this month completed 497 kilometers (kms) of pavement markings, physical separators and road signages in the National Capital Region, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao under the P1.09 Billion Bayanihan Bike Lane Networks project. bikelaneforcyclist082320203 In the NCR, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), completed 313 kms of pavement markings, phy...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published July 8, 2021 1:30pm Senator Francis Pangilinan has warned that the government’s fiscal space will further tighten as public funds intended for social services will now be diverted to pay the country’s P11 trillion outstanding debt. “The fiscal space will definitely tighten as resources that would otherwise go to services, amelioration programs, and the much needed stimulus package will then be diverted for servicing our debts,” Pangilinan told GM...

Vice President Leni Robredo (FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN The unused portion of the fund, which Malacañang said amounted to P9 billion and not P18.4 billion, is set to be returned to the National Treasury. “Noong nabasa ko, hinayang na hinayang ako. Sobrang sayang. Iniisip ko lang ilan na kaya ‘yung nasilbihan namin na bakuna kung binigay sa amin (When I read about it, I felt really regretful. I was thinking how many we could have served with the vaccine if it was given to us),” Robre...

Department of Education (Photo from DepEd Facebook Page) DepEd issued a statement clarifying its use and disbursement of the P4.35 billion funds allotted in basic education under Republic Act No. 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, popularly known as Bayanihan 2 after the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines scored the agency’s failure to obligate some P1.744-billion Bayanihan 2 allotment for distance learning needs. “Contrary to misinformed claims, the Department has...

July 01, 2021 FOLLOWING the expiration of the validity of Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 law on June 30, 2021, the Libreng Sakay program in Davao Region, which offers free rides for workers amid pandemic, is temporarily suspended. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Davao Region (LTFRB-Davao) Director Nonito Llanos III told SunStar Davao in a phone interview on Thursday, July 1, that the suspension of the free ride took effect the day after the law ...

By JOJO DASS Published July 2, 2021 8:23am Part of the 348 OFWs queue in for their travel documents at the Dubai International Airport on Wednesday night, June 30, 2021. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Philippine Consulate here has over 3,000 pending repatriation requests from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), most of whom have cancelled work visas and thus risk overstaying as they don’t have legal status anymore to remain in the U...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published June 30, 2021 9:57am Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday underscored that it would be illegal to obligate funds if the Bayanihan 2 law will not be extended. In a television interview, Rodriguez warned that it would be technical malversation once funds are released after Bayanihan 2, or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, expires. The law is valid until Wednesday, June 30. “If there will be expenses...

Published June 28, 2021, 9:41 AM The Commission on Audit has red flagged transactions made by the Office of Solicitor General in its 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. COA disclosed in its 2020 annual audit report for the OSG that the government’s legal counsel has procured P1.49 million worth of medical supplies during the year. It raised two issues on the COVID-19 transactions. “The required publication of documents relative to procurement of medical supplies totaling P1,492,9...

Bolsonaro adere a ‘motociatas’ para reagrupar base Em meio a mobilizações na rua contra o governo, presidente aposta em motociclistas para demonstrar força Marlen Couto e Bernardo Mello 27/06/2021 - 04:30 / Atualizado em 27/06/2021 - 07:21 Bolsonaro em motociata realizada sábado, em Chapecó, Santa Catarina Foto: Willian Ricardo/iShoot Compartilhe por RIO — Em um momento de escalada da rejeição — 49% consideram a gestão de Jair Bolsonaro ruim ou péssima, segundo pesquisa Ipec �...

Feminicídio, uma desgraça para todos Por: Victor Poubel em O feminicídio é o crime de tirar a vida de uma mulher cometido em razão do gênero. Porém, a Lei 13104/15 não abarca, indiscriminadamente, qualquer assassinato contra as mulheres. Estão previstos requisitos essenciais para sua caracterização, como o delito possuir um autor com laços afetivos com a vítima, ou ainda, ser praticado, sendo o autor conhecido ou não, em razão de manifesto menosprezo à condição de mulher. O ...