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The provincial government is set to close more cemeteries and memorial parks in Pangasinan from October 29 to November 2 to prevent crowd gathering come All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the province increased in the past few days. In a virtual Kapihan sa Ilocos forum […]
The municipality of Valencia in Negros Oriental will be imposing a four-day lockdown in time for its annual fiesta celebration to stymie the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The lockdown will be from Oct. 11-14, as embodied in Executive Order No. 29, series of 2021, signed by Mayor Edgar Teves. Valencia celebrates its fiesta […]
The highly anticipated Tagum City flyover is now open to serve motorists. The 1.625-kilometer infrastructure, which cost P2.7 billion to build, is part of the “Build, Build, Build” program of the Duterte administration. Built by the Department of Public Works and Highways, construction of the longest flyover in Mindanao started in 2017. Mayor Allan Rellon […]
A total of 300 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Angeles City District Jail who are residents of Mabalacat were inoculated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Mabalacat City COVID-19 Response Integrated System (CRIS) conducted an on-site visit in the facility upon the instruction of Mayor Crisostomo Garbo to heed the call of the […]
Hundreds of residents in Dingalan, Aurora availed of various public services during the conduct of a “Serbisyo Caravan” led by the local government. The activity was initiated by the Dingalan Municipal Task Force–End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) chaired by Mayor Shierwin Taay, together with the Alpha Company of the Army’s 91st Infantry (Sinagtala) Battalion, 7th Infantry […]
Despite restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways’ Build, Build, Build Program was able to provide a total of 1,482,119 jobs to Filipinos nationwide for the period of March 2020 to August 2021. “As announced before, BBB will be one of our key drivers towards economic recovery,” said DPWH […]
The local government unit (LGU) of Sison in Surigao del Norte province has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Surigao State College of Technology (SSCT) for the free technical and vocational training of the town’s residents. The LGU said the MOA was signed between Mayor Karissa Fetalvero-Paronia and SSCT president, Gregorio Gamboa Jr. “Residents in […]
The local government unit of Naval in Biliran province launched its online consultation program providing free services to residents in the comfort of their homes as a way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Launched in Higatangan Island where two villages are located, the e-Konsulta program is being led by the […]
Informal settlers in Barangay Payatas will finally own the land they are occupying after the Quezon City government acquired the approximately 96,169-square-meter area from Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank). A total of 1,518 families, most of whom have been Payatas residents for 40 years, will benefit from the purchase. They will pay for the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) 13 (Caraga) formally handed over to the local government a P3-million food production facility that would help boost the food sufficiency efforts of Butuan City. The DA-13 said the facility was turned over recently by DA-13 Executive Director Abel James Monteagudo to Butuan City Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada. The facility, […]