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Marcos admin eyes more PPPS, 'super app' for transactions

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 05:00 AM

The Marcos government is planning to launch more public-private partnerships (PPP) for the digitalization of bureaucracy and other systems. Read more »

Marcos Jr. wants streamlined gov't data amid smuggling woes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 11:33 AM

Among the measures to address this, the Palace added, is to delineate functions of agencies or establish new ones. Read more »

Marcos Jr. to review memo on term of office of some officials

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 08:40 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his office will 'look into the other hurdles faced by many CESEs in obtaining CES eligibility.' Read more »

Reinvent bureaucracy to adapt to new economy: Marcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 06:29 PM

Marcos said public servants need to keep up with technology to handle new ways of doing business. Read more »

2 opisyal ng DSWD 4-A ni-relieve dahil sa reklamo

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 04:09 PM

Inalis sa puwesto ang 2 pinuno ng DSWD Region IV-A nitong Huwebes habang iniimbestigahan ang reklamong marami umanong hinihinging dokumento para sa pagbibigay ng ayuda sa mga sinalanta ng bagyong Paeng. Read more »

Marcos admin naghahanda ng panukala para sa 'rightsizing'

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Posted at Jul 14 08:22 PM

Naghahanda ang administrasyong Marcos ng panukala para sa rightsizing o pagpapaliit ng burukrasya. Read more »

VP Leni wants to continue, improve Malasakit Centers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 08:26 PM

VP Leni Robredo on Wednesday said if she is elected president, she will continue and improve the Malasakit Centers, a pet project of President Duterte's close ally Sen. 'Bong' Go. Read more »

28 million Pinoys register for National ID: PSA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 03:14 PM

Some 28 million Filipinos have registered for the Philippine national ID, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Friday.    Read more »

Duterte tells Filipinos: Give national ID a chance

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Updated as of Mar 19 05:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday urged Filipinos to give "a chance" to the national ID that the government hoped would boost public service delivery, reduce corruption, and curtail bureaucratic red tape.  Read more »

Senators eye merging DAR with DA as part of rightsizing bureaucracy

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 06:58 PM

Senators on Wednesday discussed the possibility of merging the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) with the Department of Agriculture (DA) as part of a push to "rightsize" the bureaucracy to save more funds amid the pandemic. Read more »

Lacson, Gordon nix Bong Go's pitch to create Department of Disaster Resilience

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 03:50 PM

Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson on Monday opposed a proposal to create the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), saying existing government agencies are already performing the mandate of the proposed addition to an already "bloated" bureaucracy. Read more »

CHED: COVID-19 pandemic slows down distribution of tertiary education subsidies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:46 AM

MANILA - The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the distribution of tertiary education subsidies (TES) and reimbursements for tuition and miscellaneous fees, the Commission on Higher Education admitted in Friday’s hearing of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education. Read more »

Stop appointing unqualified people in PhilHealth, employees urge Duterte

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Posted at Aug 28 05:13 PM

“Please stop appointing people who are not qualified kasi po ang ahensiya po ang natatamaan. Papalit-palit ng liderato kasi ‘di po qualified,” Maria Fe Francisco, head of the PhilHealth union said on Friday.  Read more »

PhilHealth pays P367M for Red Cross COVID-19 tests

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 04:28 PM

Philippine Red Cross chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, said they've been paid P367 million, but that PhilHealth still owed PRC P481.3 million for COVID-19 testing kits.  Read more »

Western Visayas hospitals call for quick release of reimbursements from PhilHealth

Yasmin Pascual Dormido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 04:43 PM

Medical directors of gov't and private hospitals in Bacolod City said delays in release of reimbursements from PhilHealth mean a big blow to efforts in fighting COVID-19.  Read more »