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Published March 16, 2021, 8:30 PM The public hearing on Tuesday, March 16, by the Senate public services committee is a gentle reminder that any form of phaseout of any public utility vehicle (PUV) is prohibited under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday said. (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN) This after Poe, committee chairwoman, conducted a hearing on the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) to hear both sides of concerns coming from the stakehol...

PNBs Veloso voted as BAP President By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News Published March 15, 2021 7:40pm Philippine National Bank (PNB) President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Arnulfo "Wick" Veloso was elected as the new president of the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) during its annual membership meeting on Monday. In an emailed statement, Veloso said his leadership will focus on collaborative efforts with the government to help speed up the economic recovery. "We will w...

BusinessWorld March 14, 2021 | 6:54 pm nd District Representative Stella Luz A. Quimbo said. In a mobile phone message to BusinessWorld Sunday, Ms. Quimbo said the direct aid to millions of families contemplated in House Bill (HB) 8628, otherwise known as the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act, will allow beneficiaries to better comply with stricter health protocols imposed to contain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Ideally, we should pass a Bayanihan III law sooner...

Published March 13, 2021, 5:39 PM If Congress decides to pass a new law providing additional emergency cash subsidy to poor families from areas affected by the surging cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will not think twice to implement it. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao said the agency is ready to implement any social amelioration measures, which will be passed by the legislative branch of the government. �...

Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara has asked Health Secretary Francisco Duque III for the status of the distribution of benefits for health workers as provided for under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, or Bayanihan 2.

Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara has asked Health Secretary Francisco Duque III for the status of the distribution of benefits for health workers as provided for under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, or Bayanihan 2.

Close The family of the late Alice Todaro of Fayetteville is providing financial support for the presentation of "War Letters." War Letters Mar 11, 2021 Mar 11, 2021 The family of the late Alice Todaro of Fayetteville is providing financial support for the presentation of "War Letters." Family, love and loss are the makings of a powerful play that depict life on the Homefront during World War II. War Letters is a short, one-act play directed by Concord University sen...

Published March 10, 2021, 4:38 PM The Department of Tourism (DOT) is bent on helping the province of Rizal–known as the “Cradle of Philippine Art”–in reopening more local sites to domestic tourists. Colorful giant characters known as “higantes” (giants) parade along the streets of Angono, Rizal (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) “After being closed for several months in 2020, tourism in Rizal is slowly but surely picking up, bringing back jobs and the much-needed revenue to the province...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Mar 9, 2021 4:48 PM Congratulations to Addisyn Gruis, Delaney Engbrecht and Michael VanDeWiele for be selected Performers/Fine Arts Students of the Week. Here is the nomination from Mrs. Hodges: I nominate Addisyn Gruis (Lady Bracknell), Delaney Engbrecht (Gwendolen Fairfax) and Michael VanDeWiele (Jack Worthing) for their performance in the One Act “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde. These three received superiors for their acting at the State Festiv...

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gatchalian said there are sufficient funds under the P4.506-trillion 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that the government has touted as the country’s blueprint to economic recovery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I don’t see the point for Bayanihan 3. The 2021 budget is the Bayanihan 3,” Gatchalian said in an interview over ANC Headstart. “That’s why when we were crafting the 2021 budget, we ...