OVP launches BAYANIHANAPBUHAY to help displaced Filipino workers find a job amid crisis brought by COVID-19

As millions of Filipinos lose jobs due to pandemic

OVP launches BAYANIHANAPBUHAY to help displaced Filipino workers find a job amid crisis brought by COVID-19

Responding to calls from Filipinos left unemployed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice President Leni Robredo’s Office launched BAYANIHANAPBUHAY to make job hunting easier for workers looking for employment opportunities.

In cooperation with Elevatech, developer of the website https://sikap.ph., the Office of the Vice President put up a platform—free of charge—for jobseekers and for companies in need of workers.

BAYANIHANAPBUHAY, a portma...

Speech of Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo Vice President of the Philippines at The Future of Democracy in Asia Webinar Series of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

Speech of Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo Vice President of the Philippines at The Future of Democracy in Asia Webinar Series of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

Thank you very much Congressman Blue Abaya. Thank you very much to the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats for having me today. All of us who stand for democracy in the region are thankful for your commitment as you push through with this webinar, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Today’s event poses a very straightforward question: Will the 2020 US Presidential Elections matter for democracy and human rights ...

Pahayag ng Pangalawang Pangulo sa Pagbibigay ni Pangulong Duterte ng Absolute Pardon kay US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton

 Pahayag ng Pangalawang Pangulo sa Pagbibigay ni Pangulong Duterte ng Absolute Pardon kay US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton

Noong October 11, 2014, pinaslang si Jennifer Laude sa Olongapo. Kahapon, binigyan ng absolute pardon ng Pangulo ang pumaslang sa kanya na si Joseph Scott Pemberton.

Ang tanong nga natin: Patas at makatarungan ba ang naging desisyong ito? Libo-libo ang nakakulong pa rin dahil walang pambayad sa abugado. Hindi malitis-litis ang kanilang mga kaso. May mga pamilya silang nagugutom, nagkakasakit, at naghihirap. Pemberton had lawyers, special detention facilities, a quick, publ...

VP Robredo’s office gets highest audit rating anew

VP Robredo’s office gets highest audit rating anew

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) once again received the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit (COA). 

In a report it transmitted to the OVP, the COA rendered an “unqualified opinion” on the fairness of the presentation of the OVP’s financial statement, this time for Fiscal Year 2019. The report, dated July 31, was signed by Supervising Auditor Edna P. Salaguban.

An unqualified opinion is considered the best opinion that a government agency can receive from state auditors.

This is the second year that the OVP has earned such ...

Speech of Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo Vice President of the Philippines at the 20th Year Graduation Ceremony of Thames International

Speech of Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo Vice President of the Philippines at the 20^th Year Graduation Ceremony of Thames International

Good afternoon to the administration, faculty and staff; Chancellor Dr. John Batten; President Joel Santos; Managing Director TJ Parpan; Academic director Leah Macatangay; Dean Shiela Dingcong; and Senior High School Principal Nonie de la Fuente: Thank you for inviting me to share some time with you. To the parents, guardians, friends, and family, and most of all to the graduating class of 2020: Congratulations on your commencement! You’ve worked so hard to ge...

Speech of Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo Vice President of the Philippines at the Ateneo de Naga University Center for Local Governance “Tara! Mag Tik-Talk Tayo” Webinar

Speech of Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo Vice President of the Philippines at the Ateneo de Naga University Center for Local Governance  “Tara! Mag Tik-Talk Tayo” Webinar

Thank you very much, Malu [Barcillano]. Fr. Robert [Rivera] and the rest of the Ateneo Community; our reactors who are with us this afternoon; all the participants: Marhay na hapon sa indo gabos!

Mabalos na marhay to the Ateneo de Naga University’s Center for Local Governance for organizing this seminar and for having me! This is actually the longest that I have not been home to Naga because of the pandemic and being with you...

Statement of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sulu bombing that killed 7 soldiers and injured 76 others

Statement of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sulu bombing that killed 7 soldiers and injured 76 others

Reports have come in regarding two blasts that rocked Jolo, Sulu, earlier today. As of the latest count, 13 are dead, seven of whom were members of our Armed Forces. Many more were injured.

I grieve with the families of the lost and extend my sympathies to the injured. This attack is even more horrific in the context of the pandemic, when the imperative is to pull together to address the damage already wrought on our health, economy, and way of life. To kill in such a manner, in these times, r...

Message of Vice President Leni Robredo on Ninoy Aquino Day

Message of Vice President Leni Robredo on Ninoy Aquino Day

Every year, on August 21, we remember Senator Ninoy Aquino.

We remember his death: How he was murdered before he even set foot on the tarmac, coming home from exile to continue the struggle for our freedoms and dignities. We remember why he was killed: For speaking truth to power. For believing that we deserve better as a people. For hoping, and acting on that hope, and being brave enough to lay down his life for that hope.

Most of all, we remember what his death meant for the entire nation. Sa halip na matakot, lalo tayong tumapang. S...

Angat Bayi Political Empowerment Fellowship Program Course 2 Online Launch

Angat Bayi Political Empowerment Fellowship Program Course 2 Online Launch

The New Face of Leadership

Thank you very much. Ambassador Peter MacArthur, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines; Congresswoman Malou Acosta-Alba; Dr. Nathalie Africa-Verceles, Director of the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies; Dr. Maria Cynthia Rose Bautista, Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of the Philippines; Mr. [Fernand] Vincent Hermoso, Coordinator for Online Learning of the Angat Bayi Project; my dear fellows; resource speakers and peer mentors; guests; local officials who are with...

Launching of Jesse Robredo Institute for Leadership and Good Governance

Launching of Jesse Robredo Institute for Leadership and Good Governance

Huwaran ng Paglilingkod

Magandang hapon sa lahat! I just would like to greet our guests this afternoon, of course led by Usec. RJ Echiveri; Asec. Florida Dijan; the members of the board of the Jesse Robredo Foundation; Sen. Bam Aquino is here; Atty. Charlie Yu; all the local officials who are with us this afternoon.

Una sa lahat, congratulations sa Jesse M. Robredo Foundation for today’s successful launching of the Jesse Robredo Institute for Leadership and Good Governance! Sa lahat na kasama natin ngayon sa virtual spac...