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DTI BOOSTS CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL VAPE SALES

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has further intensified its monitoring and enforcement operations against violators of Republic Act No. 11900 or the “Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). With its heightened enforcement operations, the DTI covers both physical and online stores, confiscating over 18,000 non-compliant […]

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‘BISITA, BE MY GUEST’ WINNER GETS CONDO FROM DOT

The Department of Tourism (DOT) led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco and SM Development Corporation (SMDC) President Jose Mari Banzon formally awarded a brand new condominium unit courtesy of SM Development Corporation (SMDC) Quezon City to one lucky winner of the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) incentive program. Ruperto Tumibay, a seventy-nine-year-old who hails from […]

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DA GIVES ILOILO FARMERS, FISHERFOLK P909-M AID

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. led the awarding of various agri-fishery interventions amounting to P909.68 million for the farmers and fisherfolk in Iloilo recently. Through the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas Regional Field Office (RFO), 515 farmer-beneficiaries received cash assistance totaling P2.347 million from the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) Program and the Fuel […]

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DPWH REPLACES MAKESHIFT CALOOCAN CITY BRIDGE

A safer, sturdier concrete bridge was recently-constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to replace an unstable makeshift bridge used by residents of Barangay 176, Caloocan City. In her report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, DPWH National Capital Region Director Loreta Malaluan said that the new permanent bridge in Barangay 176 was […]

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DPWH FINISHES CAPIZ ROAD REHABILITATION

A road rehabilitation project undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) now benefits far-flung communities in the municipality of Pilar, Capiz. Traversing Barangay San Nicolas to Barangay Sinamongan Provincial Road, the project involved the construction of a 4.2-kilometer road and installation of box culverts with provision of metal guardrails, slope protection, and […]

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TIU LAUREL INSPECTS JALAUR RIVER PROJECT IN ILOILO

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. recently inspected the nearly-complete second phase of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP), a P19.7-billion infrastructure development project of the National Irrigation Administration that will increase rice production and benefit 25,000 farmers and 4,500 indigenous people in Iloilo province. “This project, which we expect to complete within the year […]

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PBBM AWARDS EXCEPTIONAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the conferment of awards to the 27 individual and group winners of the 2023 Search for Outstanding Government Workers on Wednesday, 14 February 2024, in Malacañang.  Together with the President during the awards rites were Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles, CSC Commissioners Aileen […]

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DOT ADDS 3RD STOP ON HOP-ON-HOP-OFF BUS ROUTE

The first-ever Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO) Bus Tours has a new itinerary in its route, as Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco formally unveiled the third and latest stop of the Philippines Hop-On-Hop-Off (HOHO), the Entertainment Hub. “As we launch the Hop-On-Hop-Off tours in the Pasay-Paranaque circuit, we will be reinforcing this area’s position […]

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DENR, LOCAL GOV’T UNITS TO INTEGRATE HAZARD MAPS

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga partnered with local executives to integrate the use of hazard maps in decision-making to avert disasters and safeguard lives and livelihoods. “A hazard does not have to become a disaster,” Loyzaga explained during a radio interview. The environment chief sounded off the appeal […]

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DOH ANNOUNCES STOP SMOKING CONTEST WINNERS

The Department of Health (DOH), together with the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Philippines, announced the three winners of the Stop and Gain, the first-ever smoking cessation contest in the country. The contest is an initiative jointly organized by DOH, LCP, and ASH Philippines which was opened […]