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House Tourism chair Sol Aragones clarified that the tourism sector will still have access to billions of pesos under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, or Bayanihan 2, and revealed on Friday that Congress had even set up meetings between tourism stakeholders and government financial institutions so that they could easily obtain loans to […]
The provincial government of Dinagat Islands said some 3,000 residents from the town of Libjo received assistance and services during the People’s Day Caravan 2020 held recently.The provincial information office, said the service caravan, led by Governor Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao, was supported by various line agencies of the government and the local government unit (LGU) […]
Loans, including calamity loans, extended by the state-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) to electric cooperatives (ECs) reached P343.445 million in the seven-month period (January to July 2020). A big chunk of these loans, P240.365 million, went to fund the electrification projects and working capital requirements of nine ECs, data from the NEA Accounts Management […]
Construction of the long-awaited Davao-Samal Bridge starts next year, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said. In a virtual press conference at Malacañang, Villar said they intend to finish the bidding of the project in October and November this year. “Our format of this project is the design and build.” “Our […]
Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has appealed to senators to help Filipinos live in a safer environment until such a time that the threat of the coronavirus pandemic subsides by passing soon enough its version of the House-approved “Better Normal’ bill that prescribes a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to strict mandatory safety and physical distancing protocols aimed at […]
A 525-bed mega quarantine facility — the biggest so far in Metro Manila — will open on August 25 to accommodate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients who have no symptoms or with mild symptoms.This was announced by National Action Plan (NAP) Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Sec. Vince Dizon during an inspection of the facility’s ongoing […]
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has been commissioned to mass-produce up to 50 million reusable cloth face masks within the next four months to help protect the public against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Cabinet cluster gave TESDA the job of churning out the washable face masks that will […]
A total of 309 Kapampangans returning from abroad have benefitted from the “Balik Pinas, Balik Pampanga” program since it was launched by the Pampanga provincial government on June 30. Governor Dennis Pineda, together with program chief implementer Angelina Blanco and provincial tourism officer Jay Luna, met recently 35 returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) assisted by the […]
The House of Representatives is set to approve on third and final reading this week the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, with the hope that Congress will have provided President Rodrigo Duterte by September with special powers anew to best deal with the apparently protracted global health and economic crisis spawned by the […]
Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero has ordered a lockdown on the town of Prieto-Diaz following initial findings that at least 75 persons had direct contact with a patient from the town who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In Executive Order (EO) No. 52-2020, the lockdown took effect on August 6 and would last for at […]