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The 2021 Hybrid National Food Fair successfully completed its year-long program to assist Filipino MSMEs engaged in the food industry with a physical event held at the Festival Mall in Alabang recently. This face-to-face selling event is part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) initiatives to support the reopening of the economy. “The […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has expressed his strong support for a bill seeking to conserve the critically endangered Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis). Cimatu issued the statement following calls for the passage of House Bill (HB) 8299 or the proposed Tamaraw Conservation Management Act in response to the pressing need to […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) inspected the newly-installed floating trash traps in various waterways in the cities of Quezon and Mandaluyong. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos oversaw the hauling of garbage at the Lagarian creek and Arayat creek in Barangay Kamuning, Quezon City. “We have installed trash traps on the waterways to block damaging debris […]
Six months after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has completed the closure of all operating open dumpsites in the country, Secretary Roy Cimatu prodded local government units (LGUs) to implement their plan of action for the safe closure and rehabilitation of these garbage dumps. “After our successful feat to close dumpsites all […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) has started its search for aspiring young artist scholars of Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) for School Year 2022–2023. The Annual Nationwide Search for Young Artist Scholars (ANSYAS) is a program that aims to identify and develop artistically gifted and talented children and become artists of excellence in […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary and Task Force Build Back Better (TF BBB) chair Roy Cimatu is hoping to complete the dredging of a “mega” island sandbar along the Cagayan River by early next year. Cimatu said that so far 81,807 cubic meters or 8.43 percent of the targeted 970,962 cubic meters […]
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) approved a resolution, lifting the prevailing standardized and unified curfew hours in the National Capital Region starting November 4. According to MMDA Resolution No. 21-25, the lifting of the curfew hours from 12 midnight to 4 am will complement the adjustment of mall operating hours to provide both mall-goers and […]
Domestic tourists can now have anti-COVID swab tests for free. This was announced by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as it rolled out a new phase of its financial subsidy, through the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), to boost its domestic tourism recovery program. Under the subsidy, a total of 350 applicants per day will be granted free […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) has recently called for the protection of heritage trees in public schools and promotion of its educational and historical values in the 64th episode of “Stories for a Better Normal: Philippines’ Heritage Trees in Schools”. “It is always a good opportunity for DepEd and for us educators to bring environmental education […]
The four finalists of the RE-TERRA 2021 national design competition for young Filipinos presented their plans to transform selected sites in Pasig City with the goal of promoting sustainable food systems in dense urban settings. “I want initiatives such as this to continue; to be a norm in agriculture,” Agriculture Secretary William Dar, represented by […]