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The Provincial Government of Sorsogon, through the Sorsogon Provincial Tourism, Culture and Arts Office (SPTCAO) is applying for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geopark Seal for Bulusan Volcano Natural Park. Already, the SPTCAO is finalizing the requirements needed to have the Bulasan Volcano Natural Park be an addition to the 169 […]
In less than two weeks, the Philippines will be hosting the 4th Asia Harm Reduction Forum, June 28. This year’s event rises to the challenges posed by the global pandemic as its set a virtual stage that will invite participants from different parts of the globe to join the discussions on public health. As an annual gathering, […]
Marunggay, the Ilokano name for malunggay (Moringa Oleifera) gets a boost in Ilocos Norte as residents introduced their unique and healthy dishes with the vegetable as the main ingredient. The cooking competition participated in by the different villages is one of the highlights of the first Marunggay Festival recently to promote marunggay as a “superfood” due to its promising […]
Recognizing that many workers in the city cannot take off work or don’t have time to visit a vaccination site during the day, the Quezon City government has launched a vaccination program that opens at 6 p.m. or after working hours. Dubbed as ‘QC Bakuna Nights’, the program aims to expand the reach of the […]
Dumaguete City has received a 20-footer reefer container van that can store thousands of doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines as Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo ordered fast-tracking of the inoculation process amid a surge in cases. The delivery of the refrigerated container van was done through the assistance of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade under […]
The local government unit of Piddig, Ilocos Norte looks forward to connecting all its schools and villages with free internet connection even in its remotest areas. Powered by a fiber-optic internet system of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Inc. (PLDT)/Smart Communications Inc., Mayor Eddie Guillen said the municipal government has allotted around P16 million for the three-year […]
Aside from solving the problem on the disposal of slaughtered animals’ manure, the local government of Legazpi City has also negated the issue of expensive fuel consumption in running its “AA” abattoir that serves the entire city and its adjacent towns. This, after the slaughterhouse started using its new biogas digester machine, yielding an initial […]
The city government of San Carlos, Pangasinan launched its first mall-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination site in partnership with the City Mall. Mayor Julier Resuello said the mall is the 11th vaccination site in the city. “We have started coordinating with other malls in the city so that when more vaccines become available, we […]
About 10,000 residents of the four upland barangays of Cuartero town in Capiz stand to benefit from the P80-million worth of projects funded under the Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Cuartero Mayor Tito L. Mayo said barangays Carataya, Mahunodhunod, […]
The Bulacan State University (BulSU) recently broke ground for its new resource management building at its campus in Barangay Guinhawa, City of Malolos. Senator Joel Villanueva led the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the P324-million building. Villanueva was joined by Governor Daniel Fernando, City Mayor Gilbert Gatchalian, BulSU president Cecilia Navasero-Gascon, […]