SC upholds ouster of MMDA exec
By Jerome Aning
The Supreme Court has upheld Malacañang’s ouster of a senior executive of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) who was an appointee of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The Supreme Court has upheld Malacañang’s ouster of a senior executive of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) who was an appointee of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon is the “right man for the right job” because like President Aquino, Biazon is honest, according to the chairman of the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI).
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon offers a host of reasons for a P7.83-billion shortfall in targeted revenue collections in the first three months of the year.
On the weekend before the April 15 tax return deadline, the Bureau of Internal Revenue took an unusual step. More than 120 lists of top taxpayers from more than 120 revenue district offices were uploaded to its website with the intention not so much to praise the people on the list but to shame those who were not listed.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P832 million for the performance-based bonuses (PBB) of some 18,000 government employees.
Overwhelmed by the controversy surrounding his appointment, former Lanao del Norte Rep. Macabangkit Lanto has declined his appointment as election commissioner.
A college buddy and contributor to President Aquino’s campaign who was brought into the administration to make sweeping changes at the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) embarked on a hiring binge of consultants in his first two years in office in the regulatory body.
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of multiple counts of malversation and graft charges against Efraim Genuino, the former chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), and six Pagcor board directors, for the alleged misuse of the agency’s funds.
The P302.8 million in bonuses the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) allegedly gave its employees in 2011 went to pay their “unpaid taxes and other benefits,” PCSO chairperson Margarita Juico said on Monday.
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) gave P302.8 million in Christmas and grocery bonuses and various allowances to its employees in 2011, using funds intended for personnel retirement benefits, according to the Commission on Audit (COA).
Science Secretary Mario Montejo has a new catchphrase for the various information and communications technology-driven, Filipino-developed technological innovations that his department has initiated and will initiate in the next five years.
Some government officials and employees have such a bloated sense of self-importance, they look down upon citizens who come to their offices to transact business.
The Office of the Ombudsman has reversed a six-month suspension on Customs Police Major Ramon M. Policarpio after investigation showed that the sexual harassment charge filed by a masseuse against him was fabricated.
