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Dinagat Islands Governor Arlene ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao has led the unveiling of a 19.2-kilometer access road connecting two coastal municipalities, enabling for the first time land travel for residents who have been relying on the sea as their primary mode of transport.Bag-ao cited the social and economic benefits of opening up new roads, saying the Legaspi-Diegas Road […]
“Let’s go local, let’s go all-Filipino.” This is the message of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles to Filipino consumers going to the country’s groceries and markets, as he stressed that this should be on the list of those who shop for their families’ household essentials, particularly food items. “Local businesses will need the support of both […]
The 911 Emergency Hotline at the Sorsogon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) was formally launched in Sorsogon City to start serving the residents of Sorsogon province. Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said the 911 hotline has undergone a series of test runs and is operational 24/7 under the supervision of the PDRRMO. “This […]
ith the House of Representatives set to begin budget deliberations on Friday, House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. has assured the public that members of the Minority will thoroughly review the 2021 national budget to ensure that funds go where they are most needed and financial resources are not wasted on unnecessary items.In a media […]
Jesus Cortes now has a more compelling reason to expand his container vegetable garden. After winning the prize money of around P26,000, Cortes is now keen in growing a bigger garden at his house. He was one of the winners of the Cebu provincial government’s SugBusog (Sugbuanong Busog, Luwas ug Himsog), a food security program […]
The Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) is implementing a P20-million road project in Dumingag town as part of its peace initiatives.Zamboanga del Sur Gov. Victor Yu, the PTF-ELCAC chairperson, said that the 3-kilometer road project is being implemented in the remote barangays (villages) of Dilud and Saad […]
The Zamboanga del Norte provincial government has built a P5-million halfway house to accommodate former communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the province.Zamboanga del Norte Governor Roberto Uy said that the halfway house will serve as the temporary shelter of NPA rebels residing in Zamboanga del Norte, as they undergo transformation and livelihood skills […]
The country’s largest business organization with a membership of 35,000 small, medium and large enterprises nationwide have given its full backing behind the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asainitiative of President Rodrigo Duterte, as it endorsed new legislation on township revitalization meant to finally decongest Metro Manila and create more jobs in rural communities amid the seemingly […]
The Sarangani provincial government is working on the immediate activation of localized cluster contact tracing teams amid the rising cases of suspected locally transmitted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection in the neighboring areas. Sarangani Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon said he directed the province’s seven municipalities to create at least eight contact tracing teams each and implement […]
The Legazpi City Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has developed a coronavirus disease color coding alert system to identify the current COVID-19 risk level of every village. Mayor Noel Rosal, Legazpi IATF head, recently issued an advisory adopting the color-coded, four-tiered risk measurement tool for the 70 barangays. “Each […]