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Public Works and Highways Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar announced that the Lung Center of the Philippines will have additional rooms for management and treatment of COVID-19 patients by the end of June. Villar said that the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Health Facilities is fast-tracking the ongoing construction of five cluster […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), is ready for the updating of essential mining information on the government’s idle mining assets. “This is in preparation for the bidding and sale of mining assets to gain revenues and help the country recover from the economic devastation of […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) affected by Tropical Storm ‘Dante’ have made significant progress in restoring power to their respective coverage areas, with the majority of them already back to normal operations. Based on the monitoring of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department as of Sunday (June 06), the provinces […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that it’s all system go for the June 12 opening to vehicular traffic of the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge which spans the Pasig River and is a major component of the BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project. “As promised, Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City leading to Bonifacio Global City, Taguig […]
To enable robust agriculture development in the communities, the Department of Agriculture (DA) turned over various machineries and farm inputs to the local farmers and fishers of the island-province of Bohol recently. The efforts seal the commitment of the DA to forge and strengthen allies with the local government units which will be the “rowers” […]
The development of competent, world-class Filipino tourism professionals through the education system is the core of the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) five-year industry manpower development plan. In a virtual launch, the DOT laid the groundwork for the country’s tourism workforce with the launch of the Philippine Tourism Human Capital Development Plan (PTHCD) for 2021-2025. Tourism […]
As typhoon cyclone wind signal number one was hoisted in Metro Manila recently, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority inspected its biggest pumping station, Tripa de Gallina, in Pasay and revetment wall at Provident Village in Marikina City. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos and Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos have met with NBI Officer-in-Charge Director Eric Distor […]
The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has approved the solid waste management plans (SWMPs) of 22 more local government units (LGUs) bringing the total number of approved plans to 1,082 or 63 percent of its target nationwide. Of the 22 approved plans, four are in Misamis Oriental; three in Camarines Sur; two each in […]
Through the recently approved National Soil Health Program with P523.575-million funding, Agriculture Secretary William Dar directed the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to set up modern and efficient national and regional soil laboratories. “We want to have the regional laboratories including of course the national soils laboratory […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the Department of Agrarian Reform, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and a health care cooperative in Davao del Sur in signing an agreement for the joint implementation of the government’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program to address issues of poverty and hunger in the area. […]