Poll workers, most of them public school teachers, will continue to receive support from the government despite the veto on a bill seeking tax exemptions to their honoraria, allowances, and other benefits, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Monday, Aug. 1.
The Senate on Monday, Aug. 1, unanimously approved a resolution expressing their sympathy and sincere condolences on the death of former President Fidel Valdez Ramos, the 12th President of the Republic of the Philippines.
The Senate has elected retired Army Lt. General Roberto Ancan, a bemedalled army official, as the new chief of the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms (OSSA).
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) expressed support for the current administration’s plan to utilize nuclear energy to expand the country’s energy resources to meet the growing energy demand and lower electricity costs.