AN additional P4 billion will be given to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) after the agency plans to remove a fee it collects from farmers.
Jul 222016
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Jul 222016
FARM machines and equipment stored in Department of Agriculture (DA) warehouses located across the country will be released within two months, the agency’s chief said.
Jul 222016
GOVERNMENT agencies are crafting a new policy covering the use of coal for power generation that takes off from the new administration’s pronouncement to go slow in abiding by international commitments limiting the use of greenhouse-gas emitting energy sources.
Jul 212016
THE country’s demand for coal will increase by a million metric tons each year until 2020 as new coal-fired power plants start operating between now and the next four years, the head of an industry association said, pointing out that the projection was “conservative” and has yet to factor in expectations of higher economic growth in the near term.
Jul 212016
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is targeting a budget of P6 billion for 2017, nearly double the agency’s budget for this year, citing the department’s planned increased support for programs benefiting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Jul 212016
WORK has started at the Finance department to simplify transactions conducted among its attached bureaus and state-run firms as the agency seeks to fast-track the delivery of front line services.
Jul 202016
TRANSPORTATION Chief Arthur P. Tugade outlined his priorities for the transportation sector in his first 100 days in office, among them, reiterating calls for special laws to extend the agency’s managerial authority in resolving the country’s traffic crisis.
Jul 202016
THE Department of Energy (DoE) under the new administration has listed down some of its targets, including the award of service contracts for the upstream oil and gas development and possibly exploration service contracts for indigenous coal, an agency official said on Wednesday.
Jul 202016
Change has come even in the field of real estate broker licensure examinations. Last May 22, a real estate broker licensure examination was held in Manila, Cagayan de Oro and Cebu. What set this exam apart from all previous ones was that for the first time, only degree holders in Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Management (BS REM) were qualified to take it. Unfortunately, non-BS REM graduates, even though holders of a relevant bachelor’s degree, were ineligible to take the licensure exam.
Jul 192016
A SENIOR Chinese official on Tuesday brushed off calls for a boycott of the Philippines after an international arbitration court found for Manila in its dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea.