Administrations come and go but so far none of them has realized that not all government policies and programs have to be changed every time a new regime takes over. As happened before and still happening now, it seems that every administration is of the belief that upon taking over, there is an entirely new ball game to be played, and that it can therefore review and change the rules, all the players and even the game itself, all over again. Read the rest of this entry »
Ill conceived
October 28, 2011
SC voids GSIS employees retirement plan
October 28, 2011
The Supreme Court (SC) has voided the Retirement Financial Plan (RFP) of the state pension fund agency Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). Read the rest of this entry »
Backing for abolition of 36 GOCCs snowballs
October 24, 2011
Support for a House bill seeking to abolish 36 underperforming government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) and government financial institutions (GFIs) has snowballed, with business groups saying that House Bill 2867 will remove if not lessen the rent-seeking behavior among state firms. Read the rest of this entry »
PEZA officials defend pay hikes
September 21, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Officials of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) defended yesterday the agency’s disbursement of P93.65 million for the salary increases of its officers and employees from June to December last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Postal workers demand unpaid salaries
July 19, 2011
More than 12,000 employees of Philippine Postal Corp. in 2,000 different post offices nationwide are calling on Malacañang to act on their delayed salaries and benefits.
Tirso Paglicawan Jr., president of the Philippine Postal Workers Union said that last May 1, 2011 a manifesto was sent by the union to the office of the President informing him of complaints at the Philpost Provident Fund Office. Read the rest of this entry »
Lagman questions constitutionality of GOCC Law
July 17, 2011
Manila, Philippines – House Minority Leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman has challenged before the Supreme Court the legality of Republic Act 10149 or the GOCC Governance Act of 2011 signed by President Aquino last month.
Lagman said “scandalously huge salaries, allowances and perks” of some government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) “should not be tolerated and must be rectified” but “a wrong cannot be righted by another wrong.” Read the rest of this entry »
Government to slash GOCC subsidies
June 20, 2011
MANILA, Philippines — The Aquino administration is looking at slashing its subsidies to government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) next year by almost half of this year’s programmed budget. Read the rest of this entry »
Party-list groups wary of military men in govt
June 14, 2011
Military and police officers must not be appointed to sensitive posts in government, according to party-list lawmakers. Read the rest of this entry »
Aquino signs law on GOCC reforms
June 7, 2011
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd on Monday signed into law the Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations Governance Act of 2011 that seeks to reform the operations of GOCCs by curbing the excesses in the pay and perks of its officials. Read the rest of this entry »
GOCC Governance Act
June 7, 2011
BECAUSE of the greed and insensitivity of many of the lucky few Filipinos who have been made officers and board members of government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), the public pressured their lawmakers to pass a law to prevent GOCCs from being made a milking cow by their officials. Read the rest of this entry »
