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After harvesting a record rice crop in 2020, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing back-to-back bountiful harvests, buoyed by the biggest palay yield to date for the first quarter (Q1), besting the previous high in 2018 Q1. “We are pleased to report that the country’s rice farmers harvested a total of 4.626 million metric […]
As the country celebrates the Month of the Ocean (MOO) in May, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu highlighted the role of ocean science as a key to spur relevant behavior change towards the marine environment.With this year’s theme, “The Science We Need for the Ocean We Want”, the DENR takes […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) released P123.118 million in loans in April alone to improve the rural electrification infrastructure of five electric cooperatives (ECs) in the country. The recipients were Bantayan Island Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BANELCO), La Union Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LUELCO), Quezon I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (QUEZELCO I), Bohol II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BOHECO […]
As part of its ongoing efforts to address pollution in Manila Bay, 161 of the 178 local government units (LGUs) in the eight provinces comprising the Manila Bay area have been provided shredder-composter units through the joint effort of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Senator Cynthia Villar. “This is part of our […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a new 3-storey building facility for the Philippine Army within the Camp O’ Donnell in Capas, Tarlac. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the P117-million Army Leadership Development and Education Center (ALDEC) Phase I building is now ready for use by the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) […]
Even with heightened restrictions in the National Capital Region Plus bubble to help continue the downward trend in COVID-19 cases in the area, efforts should be made to ramp out treatments for mild COVID-19 cases in order to help ease the stress on the hospital system in the NCR and its neighboring provinces. This according […]
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco said he got his “redemption” after being appointed as one of the eight spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Sy Egco, who admitted being a former communist rebel, said he had accepted the offer to […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Board of Investments (BOI) assured the general public that oxygen supply in the country is adequate despite growing demand among hospitals and COVID-19 patients. “We have an ample supply of oxygen and we have more than twice buffer capacity in the event of a surge in […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) favorably welcomes the signing by President Rodrigo Duterte of Proclamation No. 1143 declaring a state of calamity throughout the Philippines due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. “We consider the Presidential Proclamation No. 1143 as the much-needed ‘shot-in-the-arm’ as it will allow local government units (LGUs) to set aside […]
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has authorized Cebu Normal University-Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (CNU-VSMMC) and Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) to offer a Doctor of Medicine Program effective AY 2021-2022 as part of the overall national effort to increase the number of doctors in underserved areas. These state universities will assist the government […]