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Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has assured residents of Cebu City on the government’s diligence in making sure the construction of a cemetery for deceased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients will meet the “highest health and safety standards”. “We have to ensure the development of roads leading up to here. There are trees here in the area, […]
For better and tighter coordination between law enforcement agencies, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has announced that it has taken over the probe into the gruesome murder of broadcaster Cornelio “Rex” Pepino. PTFoMS chairman and Justice Secretary Mernardo Guevarra has designated Prosecutor Leonardo Mandajoyan to lead the Special Investigation Team for New […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently transferred to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) an additional P1.44 billion to fund loans made by farmers, fisherfolk, and agripreneurs under the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) credit program. “The fresh fund augments the previous P4.495B the DA has cumulatively entrusted to LandBank, being the administrator of […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that medical personnel of the Lung Center of the Philippines will now have a temporary shelter within the hospital’s compound in Quezon City. Villar said that government has helped relieve daily operational challenges of healthcare workers of the Lung Center of Philippines by providing two units of […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) will team up with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to promote farm tourism and help the country’s tourism industry recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The partnership with FAO – which leads efforts to achieve food security and fight world hunger and malnutrition — intends […]
An electric cooperative (EC) in Davao Oriental has committed to improve its distribution facilities in a bid to provide better service to its power consumers in the province. The Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORECO), through Board Resolution No. 110 received by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) on July 1, said it would continue its […]
Some 36 million seedlings for the Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP) has been raised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the first half of this year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The number already represents almost 80 percent of the 45.2 million seedlings targeted for the entire year under the […]
Habitat for Humanity settlement areas will soon have access to sustainable food supply following the signing of a partnership between the foundation and the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Lili Fuentes inked a Memorandum of […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to set curfew at midnight and allow restaurants and fast-food chains longer operating hours. During the Laging Handa public briefing recently, Lopez said longer operating hours will enable restaurants and fast-food chains with dine-in services to accommodate more customers and increase their revenues. The trade chief […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is optimistic about the recovery of English language schools in the Philippines that would eventually put the Philippines back as a leading English as a Second Language (ESL) learning destination. “The students who have come here have returned to their home countries for now. While travel restrictions brought by the COVID-19 […]