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If flood and storm text alerts have been few and infrequent, blame it on the circuitous way that proposed messages are “processed and approved before they are sent out,” Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said. “It is not the fault of telcos,” Recto said, “but the process that these alert warnings have to go […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has given P10 million worth of Survival and Recovery (SURE) loans to displaced farmers in besieged Marawi who were affected by the battle between extremist terrorists that took over parts of the city more than two months ago and the government’s security forces. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is finding ways to free the 121 electric cooperatives (ECs) it supervises from paying taxes under House Bill 5636 or the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act of President Rodrigo Duterte. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said they are currently working with rural electrification advocates from both the […]
As the lead agency tasked to manage transportation systems and traffic decongestion plans in the country, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) will take the lead in transferring its Central Office to Clark, Pampanga, a move that is in line with the creation of the country’s National Government Center. The transfer is seen to help […]
Senator Win Gatchalian has expressed confidence that the Senate would be ready to act on priority legislation which will complement the economic agenda outlined by President Rodrigo Duterte during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). “It is encouraging that the President devoted more attention to economic issues during this year’s SONA. I […]
Senator JV Ejercito has commenced the process of rebuilding Marawi City although several members of the Islamic State-inspired Maute bandits are still holed up in some areas resisting government forces. This developed as Ejercito sought for the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked to oversee the rehabilitation of Marawi City and other areas […]
Internally displaced families whom the government plans to relocate in temporary shelters as soon as crisis subsides in Marawi City may expect immediate electricity service, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) announced. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said electrification workers from the Task Force Duterte Lanao Sur Power already set up a 1.8-kilometer electricity line in […]
Backing President Rodrigo Duterte on his all-out war against irresponsible mining, Senate President Koko Pimentel III today said the crackdown should start with Mt. Diwalwal in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley province. The senate chief asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to probe the mining site “because the mercury being illegally […]
Saying that the “Bells of Balangiga” are a part of Filipino culture, Senate President Koko Pimentel III today expressed support for the call of President Duterte for the United States to return the centuries-old artifacts and other war booties taken by the US soldiers 116 years ago in Samar. The President called for the […]
Senator Chiz Escudero said he wanted to look into the recently exposed internal fraudulent scheme allegedly perpetrated by a senior bank official of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) that cost the country’s second biggest bank some P900 million to P2.5 billion in losses. Escudero, chair of the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions […]