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Gov’t/Politics

Peace talks sa CPP-NPA-NDF ibalik na – solon

Malacañan CPP NPA NDF

NANAWAGAN si Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez sa pamahalaang Marcos na ibalik ang usapang pangkapayaan sa Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).          Ang apela ay ginawa ni Rodriquez kasunod ng pahayag ni Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr., na hindi siya pabor na ipagpatuloy ang usapang pangkapayapaan sa CPP-NPA-NDF. …

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Digital transformation sa sektor ng edukasyon patuloy na isinusulong

deped Digital education online learning

SA GITNA ng pagdiriwang ng National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Month, patuloy na isinusulong ni Gatchalian ang digital transformation ng sektor ng edukasyon sa bansa. Nakasaad ang panukala ni Gatchalian sa Digital Transformation of Basic Education Act (Senate Bill No. 383) na nakaayon din sa mandato ng Republic Act No. 10929 o Free Internet Access in Public Places Act. Sa …

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 ‘Unified e-gov approach’ kailangan para sa mga OFW

OFW

IDINIIN  ni Senador Alan Peter Cayetano nitong Migrant Workers’ Day ang pangangailangan ng unified at magkakaugnay na sistema ng e-governance para sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) para aniya mapadali at mapabilis ang serbisyo ng gobyerno para sa kanila. “Halimbawa sa education, sasabihin may scholarship sa OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration), pero pagdating dito ituturo sa DepEd (Department of Education), sa …

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Super ate ng Pangulo pinaiimbestigahan ang temporary housing para sa mga foreign nationals mula Afghanistan

Imee Marcos Atang Paris

PINAIIMBESTIGAHAN ng super Ate ng Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., na si Senadora Imee Marcos ang napag-alaman niyang kahilingan ng bansang Amerika sa pamahalaan ng Pilipinas na payagan at bigyan ng temporary housing ang mga foreign national mula sa Afghanistan. Dahil dito inihain ini Marcos ang Senate Resolution 651 na kung saan tinukoy dito isang liham na may petsang Hunyo 5, 2023 …

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Maharlika Investment Fund bill pinare-recall ni Pimentel

Philippines money

HINILING ni Senate Minority Floor Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III ang pag-recall sa Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill sa upang mabuting maplantsa at maging malinis ng kongreso ang nilalaman ng panukalang batas. Ayon kay Pimentel mahalagang maisalba ang Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., na lumagda ng isang maling panukala na magiging isang ganap na batas.   “Recalling the approval of the …

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Sa usaping e-governance
GOBYERNO, TAGALUTAS NG PROBLEMA — CAYETANO

Alan Peter Cayetano

DAPAT  maging tagalutas ng problema ang gobyerno. Ito ang paalala ni Senador Alan Peter “Compañero” Cayetano sa mga stakeholder na dumalo sa hearing ng Senate Committee on Science and Technology ngayong Hunyo 7 upang talakayin ang mga panukalang nakahain tungkol sa e-governance bills at sa kasalukuyang kalagayan ng internet connectivity sa bansa.  “When we discuss e-governance, we have to first discuss connectivity. I …

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Pinal na kopya ng Maharlika Investnment Fund Bill isusumite ngayong Linggo sa Palasyo

Money Bagman

NAIS ng Senado na maisumite sa palasyo ng Malakanyang ngayong linggo ang Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill. Ayon kay Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, posibleng ngayong linggong ito ay ma-i-transmit na ng Mataas na Kapulungan sa Office of the President ang enrolled bill ng panukalang sovereign wealth fund. Binigyang-linaw ini Villanueva na wala naman umano siyang nakikitang dahilan para patagalin o ma-delay pa ang …

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Senator Risa dismayado
SOGIE EQUALITY BILL PARA SA LGBTQ+ HINDI PRAYORIDAD NG SENADO

Risa Hontiveros LGBTQ+ Rainbow

BINATIKOS ni Senador Risa Hontiveros ang naging pahayag ni Senate Majority Floor Leader Joel Villanueva na hindi prayoridad ng Senado ang SOGIE Equality bill sa sandaling bumalik na ang sesyon sa Hulyo 24. “It is sheer numbness to say that the SOGIE Equality Bill is not urgent,” wika ni Hontiveros, pangunahing may-akda ng panukalang batas. Sa kasalukuyang nakabinbin ang panukala sa …

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Sentimyento ng mga guro pakinggan
MOTHER TONGUE POLICY NG DEPED REPASUHIN– SENADOR

teacher

HINIMOK  ni Senador Win Gatchalian ang Department of Education (DepEd) na pakinggan ang mga guro sa gitna ng pagrepaso sa  Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). “Pakinggan natin ang ating mga guro, mga supervisor, mga superintendent, at mga punong-guro. Sila ang ating mga sundalo. Makinig tayo sa kanila,” ani Gatchalian. Ibinahagi ni Gatchalian ang naging resulta ng kanyang mga konsultasyon sa mga …

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Pagpapalawig sa amnestiya sa pagbabayad ng estate tax pasado na sa senado

Estate Tax

PINASA na ng senado sa third at final reading ang panukalang batas na pagpapalawig sa amnesty sa pagbabayad ng estate tax. Walang ni isa mang senador ang tumutol o nangangahulugan na 24 na senador ang bumuto pabor sa Senate Bill 2219 ang panukala na pagpapalawig sa amnesty ukol sa  pagbabayad ng estate tax.   Ang naturang panukala ay naglalayong palawigan pa ang …

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Testimonya, binawi ng saksi
MAS MABIGAT NA PARUSA SA PERJURY NAPAPANAHON NA — SENADOR

Perjury

NANAWAGAN si Senador Alan Peter “Compañero” S. Cayetano nang mas mabigat na parusa laban sa perjury, isang hakbang na sinang-ayunan nina Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri at Senator Francis Tolentino na nagsabing napapanahon na itong palakasin laban sa mga nagbibigay ng maling testimonya. Ginawa ni Cayetano ang panawagan matapos bawiin ni Jhudiel Osmundo Rivero, isa sa sampung sundalo na pumatay kay …

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Maharlika Investment Fund   MIF SENATE VERSION ‘DI SUPORTADO NI SUPER ATE, 2 PA

Money Bagman

HINDI suportado ng isang daang porsyento nina  Super Ate ng Pangulo na si Senadora Imee Marcos, Senador Francis “Chiz” Escudero at Senate Minority Leader Aquilino pImentel, JR. ang kasalukuyang bersyon ng senado panukalang Maharlika Investnent Funds (MIF) na kasalukuyang idenedepensa session floor ni Senador Mark Villar. Naniniwala sina Marcos, Escudero at Pimentel na samyadao pang malawak ang isinasaad ng naturang panukalang …

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Wagi sa WHO 2023 World No Tobacco Day Award,
SEN. PIA CAYETANO IPINAGMALAKI NG TAGUIG CITY

Pia Cayetano 2023 World No Tobacco Day Award

BINATI ng City of Taguig si Senator Pia Cayetano sa pagkakapanalo sa World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 World No Tobacco Day Award. “The City of Taguig is so proud of you, Sen. Pia!” pahayag na pagbati ng local government unit (LGU). Bilang advocate ng tobacco control, si Senator Pia Cayetano ay patuloy sa pagsusulong ng mga batas, programa, at mga …

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Kontrobersiyal na Health official
‘DR. TROUBLEMAKER’ IMBESTIGAHAN NG DOH

DOH

HINILING ng grupo ng mga aktibo at retiradong kawani ng Department of Health (DOH) na imbestigahan ang iba’t ibang uri ng harassment, pang-aabuso, at ‘gulo’ na kinasasangkitan ng isang medical officer ng nasabing ahensiya. Sa apela ng grupo kina DOH officer-in-charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire; National Department of Health Employees Association president Louella Jean Lao; Unyon ng mga Kawani ng Kagawaran …

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DOST, Congressman Flores ink partnership to launch project on Pineapple Fiber Extraction in Lantapan

DOST 10 PAPI DOST Flores Lantapan, Bukidnon Pineapple Fiber

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Representative Jonathan Keith Flores of the 2nd Congressional District of Bukidnon ink a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for a project on pineapple fiber extraction in Lantapan, Bukidnon. This collaborative project is envisioned to help minimize the waste management costs of the local growers, process quality pineapple fiber, generate employment, and create opportunity …

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628 Subanen learners benefit from DOST’s S&T Digital library

DOST 10 Subanen S&T Digital library

Six hundred twenty-eight Subanen learners from Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) in Conception, Misamis Occidental are now actively using STARBOOKS, the country’s first S&T digitized library, in seven public schools. After six months of deployment, teachers have observed significant improvement in learners’ competence. The beneficiary schools are Concepcion National High School, Malvar Elementary School, Migubay Elementary School, Balongkot Elementary …

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Liza Dino itinanggi pagwaldas sa pera ng FDCP, pagdiskaril sa pagkakatalaga kay Pip

Liza Dino Tirso Cruz III

HATAWANni Ed de Leon HINDI lang ang sinasabing walang habas niyang pagwawaldas ng pera ng bayan noong siya pa ang Chairman ng Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) ang pinasinungalingan ni Liza Dino kundi pati ang bintang ng ilang insiders mismo ahensiya na tinangka rin niyang idiskaril pati ang take over ni Tirso Cruz III kahit na naitalaga na iyon ni Presidente BBM.  Nang sabihin daw …

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DOST 1 meets local chief executive, sets sights on transforming Alaminos City into Smart Cuty

DOST 1 Alaminos Smart city

ALAMINOS, CITY- The Department of Science and Technology Region 1, through OIC-RD Teresita A. Tabaog and Provincial Director Arnold C. Santos with their team, were warmly welcomed by the City of Alaminos through Mayor Arth Bryan C. Celeste and his staff on May 19, 2023. The visit aims to harness partnership in the implementation of the various programs, projects and …

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Bukidnon Pineapple Jam Producer Earns FDA Certification with DOST Consultancy

DOST Bukidnon Pineapple Jam FDA

Mama Nene Homemade Delights locally known as Paula’s Bukidnon Delight earns its Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) for its Pineapple Jam, through the consultancy and training services of the Department of Science and Technology.  The Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) is a requirement of the Food and Drug Administration for food products (beverages, water, canned goods, etc.), food supplements, medicines, …

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DOST-CEST empowers lives, builds communities in Region 1

DOST-CEST 1

THROUGH a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) via Community Empowerment through Science and Technology or CEST, empowers lives and builds communities in Region 1. The MOA signing was held in Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) on May 16 in Sipalang, Bacnotan, La Union. The theme of the event was “CEST: Empowering Lives, …

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Salt can open up opportunities for livelihood in coastal communities

Dost 2 Salt

DEPARTMENT of Science and Technology (DOST) undersecretary for regional operations, Engr. Sancho A. Mabborang recently graced the “Immersion on Salt Production and Blessing of Salt Facility” activity in Uyugan town in Batanes Province. The salt production facility was funded through the DOST’s Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology or CEST Program. The project was implemented by DOST – Region 2 …

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DOST R02, NAST gather Research Enthusiast for writing and presentation training in Batanes

DOST region 2 NAST

𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐨, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region 02 led by Dr. Virginia G. Bilgera in partnership with the the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) and the Outstanding Young Scientists, Inc. (OYSI) conducted a training-Workshop on Writing and Presenting Proposals towards Building Science Culture (Module1) under the Research Upgrading and Performance Evaluation (RUPE) …

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DOST R02 and PLGU Batanes collaborate, providr S&T projects for Tourism industry in Batanes

DOST Region 2 Basco Batanes

Basco, Batanes – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary for Regional Operations Engr. Sancho Mabborang together with DOST- 02 Regional Director Virginia G. Bilgera and their team visited the office of Governor Marilou Cayco Provincial Local Government Unit (PLGU) of Batanes for Smart and Sustainable Projects supporting the Tourism Industry today, May 11, 2023. During the visit, Usec. …

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PPA Budget Utilization lumobo ng 83% nitong 2022

Philippine Ports Authority PPA

NAKAPAGTALA ang Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) ng 83% budget utilization rate (BUR) noong 2022, ang pinakamataas sa mga nakaraang taon. Sa kabila ng mga hamon na dala ng pandemyang dulot ng COVID-19, nakapagtuon na makapagbigay ng moderno, nagpapanatili ng matatag na impraestruktura at pasilidad ng daungan sa buong bansa. Nagpapakita ang 83% rate na nagawa ng PPA na i-maximize at …

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DOST’s SETUP Program Helps Camiguin Woman Entrepreneur Scale Up Cacao Processing Venture

DOST Camiguin Cacao

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)’s banner program, Small Enterprise Technology Program (SETUP) helps Camiguin-based woman entrepreneur and farmer, Julieta Butalid-Dela Cerna, scale up her cacao processing venture through science, technology, and innovation. DOST’s intervention brought about a remarkable transformation for the business, achieving a 20% boost in productivity, a solid 25% increase in sales, and successfully reducing rejects …

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