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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu reminded candidates to be environmentally conscious with the start of the campaign period for the 2022 national elections on February 8. “We call on all candidates to please be conscious of the environment when posting and disposing campaign-related materials during this period. Please refrain from […]
Fully vaccinated local and foreign tourists visiting this island can walk in and have their booster shots administered by licensed pharmacists on the island, Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said. Romulo-Puyat made the statement at the launching of the Resbakuna sa Botika program at the Watson’s Pharmacy City Mall Boracay recently. The tourism chief was joined […]
“A truly strengthened and intensified Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program for all out-of-school children in special cases, youth, and adults (OSCYAs) is a promise that the administration of Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones delivered in less than six years in office,” ALS Assistant Secretary G. H. Ambat declared as the Department of Education (DepEd) is set […]
Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat stressed that the Philippines is ready for the reopening of international travel that began February 10 to fully vaccinated tourists from visa-free countries. “These are exciting times for Philippine tourism. We have been ready since 2020,” Romulo-Puyat said. “With the significant dwindling of new COVID cases, the DOT can now push […]
Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a total of 350 infrastructure projects in 2021 to improve the road network and mobility in Region 13. DPWH Secretary Roger Mercado and Senior Undersecretary Rafael Yabut, in charge of Regional Operations, complimented DPWH Region 13 headed by Regional […]
The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), is partnering with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to manage COVID-generated waste through the installation of yellow bins and bags in all public transport vehicles in the country. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu said the “yellow bins and bags will […]
Education Secretary Leonor Briones shared her journey and educational experiences that helped her to be empowered during the Asia Women’s Forum 2022. “I was fortunate I grew up in a family where there were no distinctions between genders. The driving ambition was to send all of us to school,” Briones shared in the virtual event […]
In its continuing efforts to revive the country’s hog industry gravely affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF), the Duterte administration through the Department of Agriculture (DA) is partnering with the private sector to produce needed swine breeders to jumpstart and sustain the government’s hog repopulation program. Agriculture Secretary William Dar recently led the groundbreaking […]
Paving the way to attract more investments in the Philippines, the ratification of the amendment to the Public Service Act (PSA) plays a vital role for the country to progress closer to economic recovery, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary and Board of Investments (BOI) Chairman Ramon Lopez said. “This is a monumental […]
Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said that the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 years old will further push the recovery of the hardest hit sector, noting that the vaccines will boost parents’ confidence to travel safely and make family trips safer and “more fun”. “It has been embedded in our culture that Filipinos are […]