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Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III disclosed that 67,347 beneficiaries from the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, collectively known as the NCR Plus, have been approved to receive the one-time P5,000 financial assistance under the DOT-DOLE Cash-For-Work Program of the Bayanihan 2. Of […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) started the vaccination of its employees who are medical frontliners, senior citizens, and persons with comorbidities to protect them from COVID-19. 200 personnel belonging to the A1, A2, and A3 on the priority of IATF were given their initial dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines. “Senior citizens and medical […]
The P38.2-million widening project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) along a section of Kabankalan-Bais Road in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will speed up delivery of agricultural products and better travel to and from southwest portion of the city. Secretary Mark Villar, citing reports from DPWH Regional Office 6 (DPWH-RO6), explained that […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles shared the various government programs aimed at reducing hunger during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic during the first Regional Pre-SONA series held at Butuan City on Thursday, April 15, 2021, with local chief executives from the Caraga Region and officials from the national government in attendance. The Kasama sa Pamana: Regional Pre-SONA […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar recently announced the completion and opening of the new two-lane Natulongan Bridge in Kibawe, Bukidnon. Linking Barangay Talahiron with Barangay Magsaysay in Kibawe town, the 134.9-lineal meter bridge across Pulangi River in Sitio Kikipot, Talahiron is a much-needed connectivity infrastructure of the populace. “Prior to the implementation of […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced that a temporary mobile hospital and a drive-thru vaccination site will soon rise at the Rizal Park in Manila. In a meeting held recently, the Board of Directors of the National Parks Development Committee (NPDC), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism, unanimously approved the proposal […]
The first-quarter report of the Department of Trade and Industry Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) showed that 94.7% of the business firms and establishments in the National Capital Region (NCR) comply with the government mandated Minimum Health Protocols (MHP). In response to the recent reverting of NCR and its nearby provinces from General Community Quarantine […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, Task Force Yolanda chief, led the distribution of free housing units in coordination with the National Housing Authority (NHA) to 713 families in Hernani, Eastern Samar on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 as part of the Duterte administration’s continuing commitment to provide quality public service to victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Since assuming […]
With the surge in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Thursday that all safe and possible treatments for COVID-19 should be explored and studied as he continued distributing free virgin coconut oil (VCO) to Level 1 hospitals to help patients now suffering from mild symptoms of […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) rebuffed any involvement in the alleged “tong-pats” (kickbacks) scheme and other irregularities on pork importation, during a public hearing conducted by the Senate of the Philippines. “On the alleged ‘tong-pats’ of about P5 to P7 per kilo of imported pork, the present DA leadership categorically denies any involvement if such […]