PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No. 34 simplifying procurement process by allowing government agencies to proceed with some transactions without obtaining the approval of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB).
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is pressing President Rodrigo R. Duterte for an executive order (EO) “urging” government agencies to transfer all their data and systems to the department.
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the telecommunications industry will be submitting to President Rodrigo R. Duterte this week, a draft executive order (EO) that will cut the permit process for putting up telecommunication infrastructure to seven days.
In a bid to boost the country’s car manufacturing sector, President Benigno S. C. Aquino III recently signed Executive Order (EO) No. 182, series of 2015, creating the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program. Prior to this new EO, EO Nos. 156 (2002) and 877-A (2010) prescribed the policies and directions governing the Motor Vehicle Development Program. To enhance these policies to further develop the domestic production of automobiles, EO No. 182 covers the manufacture not only of motor vehicles but also of motor vehicle parts.
AN ORDER implementing an agreement on a regional self-certification project has been signed by President Benigno S. C. Aquino III.
Long lines in the registration for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections? It’s all “hakot,” according to poll commissioner Grace Padaca. “Na-o-obserbahan namin na maraming hakot lang na pinapatransfer lang ng mga kandidato ng barangay. Sila ang nakakapagdagdag sa pila,” Padaca said in a phone interview with GMA News Online. By “hakot,” the poll commissioner was referring to the usual practice by politicians of renting a vehicle and then bringing residents to register for the elections. The practice is also done during election day. The 10-day registration for the village polls started July 22 and will end July 31. Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. earlier said there will be no extension of the deadline. At the Comelec office in Manila, the registration seemed like a stampede as registrants shoved against each other and lines were abandoned, according to a report on “24 Oras.” An election officer in the Quezon City Comelec office even shouted at the irate registrants: “Huwag kayo magtulakan!” The situation was worse in the Comelec office in Iloilo City: some registrants fainted while waiting in line and had to be brought to the hospital. The over-all scenario was similar to the last day of registration for the May 2013 elections—the usual long lines of registrants screaming for the doors of Comelec offices to open. A certain Leonard Francisco, interviewed on GMA News’ “Quick Response Team,” lamented the disorganized registration process for the village polls. “Sobrang gulo po ng proseso sa loob ng Comelec.Hindi maganda, Read More …
MANILA, Philippines – The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa), part of the government committee monitoring the power situation in Mindanao, has warned that the power situation in the island could go back to critical levels by next month as some plants shut down for scheduled maintenance activities. “After seeing capacity improvements in recent months, Mindanao’s power supply is expected to revert to precarious supply scenario by August to October, when some major power plants go on scheduled maintenance shutdown,” said MinDa director for investment promotion and public affairs Romeo Montenegro. Mindanao experienced rotating outages during the summer months, lasting up to 10 hours, depending on the area. Montenegro said the issuance of Executive Order 137 mandating the implementation of the Mindanao Modular Generator Sets Program would help avert another critical power situation in the region. He said the EO would firm up and fasttrack the process of assisting electric coops through the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives (Amreco). Under the EO-mandated program, electric cooperatives would generate the capacities they need either via rental or acquisition option. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 The Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC), co-chaired by MinDA and the Department of Energy, early this year backed the proposal to tap modular generator sets as an immediate measure for electric cooperatives in bridging supply gap for the next two years. The MPMC is the interagency committee tasked to monitor the power situation in Mindanao. “This latest directive manifests the strong commitment of President Aquino Read More …
MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino has signed an executive order that reorganized and renamed the build-operate-transfer center to the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines under the National Economic Development Authority. EO 136 states that that there is a “need to amend certain sections” in EO 8 series of 2010, removing from the Department of Trade and Industry the previous jurisdiction of handling the implementation of government-backed projects. This is for “budgetary purposes and administrative supervision.” Under Section 2, the PPP Center will also “manage and administer the Project Development and Monitoring Facility (PDMF), formerly known as the Project Development Facility (PDF) established as a revolving fund under EO 44 series of 2002.” The PPP Center shall act as the secretariat of the PPP Governing Board – the overall policy-making body for all PPP-related matters, including the PDMF. “It shall be responsible for setting the strategic direction of the PPP Program and creating an enabling policy and institutional environment for PPP,” a portion of the EO read. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 The PPP Board is headed by a chairman (Neda chief), a vice chairman (secretary of finance), with the secretaries of DBM, DOJ, DTI, executive secretary and private sector co-chairman of the National Competitiveness Council as members. The PPP Center will be headed by an executive director, whose rank will be equivalent to that of an undersecretary, who will be appointed by Aquino upon the recommendation of the NEDA director-general.