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The Department of Tourism (DOT) and Warner Media’s Cartoon Network continue their partnership to encourage everyone to start travelling safely around the country as travel restrictions are eased. The S.A.F.E.T.R.I.P. campaign video features Scarlet Snow Belo asking the help of the Powerpuff Girls to find a safe way to explore the Philippines now that leisure […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu plans to put up a compliant sanitary landfill (SLF) in the province of Cavite to help manage its garbage problem that is affecting the ongoing Manila Bay rehabilitation project. Cimatu, who is chair of the Manila Bay Task Force, and some DENR officials met with […]
The coconut sector will be the first to reap the benefits of a well-planned development program with the completion of the Coconut Farmers’ and Industry Roadmap (Coco-FIRM). “We commend the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and its management, led by administrator Benjamin Madrigal, Jr., for their efforts, making them the first among the bureaus and attached […]
The biggest and most modern abattoir in the Bicol Region located at San Roque, Legazpi City is now rising to become the region’s first abattoir to embrace biogas technology, thanks to the collaborative project “Piloting of Biogas Technology for Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Applications for the Legazpi City Abattoir of DOST-V” of the Provincial S&T Center – Albay […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that a total of 826 personnel with 107 equipment are prepositioned around Taal Volcano in case another explosive eruption happens. Citing a report from the DPWH Bureau of Maintenance, Villar said that the Quick Response Teams (QRTs) of DPWH Regional Office IV-A and all its 16 District […]
Promoting green and sustainable education and practices, two Philippine Public High Schools were recognized for their programs addressing plastic problems at the recently concluded 2020 Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) – Japan Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Award. Salvacion National High School (SNHS) in Davao Del Norte bagged the 3rd prize for their […]
The Philippines was recognized for its policy to ban lead in paints at the Future Policy Award 2021— dubbed as the “Oscar on Best Policies.”Germany-based World Future Council (WFC) announced that Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2013-24 or the Chemical Control Order for Lead and Lead Compounds of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) […]
As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to spike in the province of Camarines Sur, the Bula Masarig Engineered Bamboo, one of the top manufacturers of bamboo-made products in the province, made an initiative to produce face shields with frames made from kauayan-tinik. The kauayan-tinik is a perennial, woody-stemmed grass known for its versatile uses. […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led Duterte administration officials in extending greetings to the Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute on its 74th founding anniversary during a virtual ceremony with Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato De La Peña last July 1, 2021. Nograles, who heads the government’s Task Force on Zero […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a new sports facility in Baler, Aurora. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the completion of the new Aurora Sports Complex Project by the DPWH Aurora District Engineering Office will boost the economy of Aurora Province as one of the country’s premier tourist destinations especially during […]