PHL joins UN vote vs Israel’s occupation of Palestine
THE PHILIPPINES has voted in favor of a United Nations (UN) resolution urging Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories within a year. Manila joined 123 other countries including its Southeast Asian neighbors in supporting the UN General Assembly’s resolution
House set to OK proposed P6.352-T national budget on Wednesday
BW FILE PHOTOBy Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, ReporterTHE House of Representatives is set to approve on Wednesday the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for next year on third and final reading, House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said
Manila, Bangkok eye labor ties
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCASTHAILAND’S labor minister has committed to working with his Philippine counterparts to finalize a labor agreement on the protection of overseas Filipino workers and to pursue technical cooperation, according to the Philippine Embassy in Thailand.In a statement,
Improve budget use, DENR told
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should focus on improving its budget utilization to enhance the monitoring of environmentally critical areas, amid reports of widespread illegal quarrying and logging operations, an official of political group Bayan Muna said
Science programs get P8.8 billion
A TOTAL of P8.8 billion is earmarked under next year’s budget to support state grants for science and technology programs, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.The funding will support the Department of Science and Technology’s (DoST) Grants-In-Aid (GIA)