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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led officials from Task Force Yolanda, the National Housing Authority and local government in distributing 1,533 free housing units in Roxas City, Capiz on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 as part of the government’s commitment to finish all Yolanda housing projects by 2022. Since assuming the chairmanship of the Inter-agency Task Force […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary and Task Force Build Back Better (TF BBB) Chairman Roy Cimatu has announced the dredging of sandbars along a narrow section of the 94-kilometer Bicol River starting March 23. “TF BBB’s rehabilitation efforts on the Bicol River completes the triumvirate targets to which we have committed ourselves to […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started dredging activities in Kalaklan River in Olongapo City, Zambales to address heavy siltation and prevent flooding in the city. Based on a report from DPWH Region 3 Director Roseller Tolentino, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said that a cutter suction dredger was deployed in the river […]
Leading animal health and nutrition companies and agribusinesses concretized their strong support by forging a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to jointly undertake a twin program to effectively control, manage and contain African swine fever (ASF) and revive the country’s hog industry. Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Univet Nutrition and […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority installed its first-ever granulator and brick-making facility in one of its flood control facilities in a bid to lessen solid waste being dumped and found in waterways that usually end up at pumping stations. In an inauguration ceremony at Vitas Pumping Station in Tondo, MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said that […]
Commercial hog raisers in areas free from African Swine Fever (ASF) can now expand their operations – to increase hog production and stabilize pork supply and prices – by availing of P15-billion worth of loans from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank). On March 17, 2021, LandBank forged a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with […]
Committed to nurture healthy learners, the Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to establish more than 1800 additional dental and medical clinics in schools nationwide by the end of the second quarter this year. “We are looking to equip more schools with clinics equipped with a lavatory and water system for handwashing and cleaning needs, […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as Chairman of the IATF Yolanda, NHA and the LGU beneficiary distributed an additional 5,000 free housing units in Carles, Iloilo last Wednesday, March 17, 2021, as part of the Duterte administration’s commitment to fulfilling all its Yolanda housing commitments by 2022.The turnover was done virtually and was the 27th such […]
The Philippines has made significant progress in protecting journalists according to the 2020 Director-General Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) welcomed the report as concrete proof of President Rodrigo Duterte’s commitment […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created a special committee to look into allegations of corruption in the allocation of meat import certificates under the in-quota Minimum Access Volume (MAV) scheme. “While we stand firm that the issuance of MAV in-quota allocation is above-board and non-discretionary, we have created a special committee to look into allegations […]