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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recorded a substantial reduction in air pollution levels on the first day of 2021 in Metro Manila by as much as 59 percent compared to pollution levels recorded last year. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu cited the support of Metro Manila local executives and residents to the government’s […]
Secretary Roy Cimatu paid tribute to the frontliners of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) who amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, are continuously serving the public. “My heartfelt appreciation goes to our frontliners who painstakingly continued to physically report for work under tremendous stress and danger despite knowing that they are exposing themselves to […]
Agriculture Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Regional Development and Security (CORDS)-CAR William Dar led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P40 million-worth of vegetable packaging and processing facility inside the Benguet Agri-Pinoy Trading Center in La Trinidad, Benguet recently. “The rationale of having this food processing facility, ayaw natin na mangyari muli na iyong excess ay matatapon lang. We […]
The government expects the country to bounce back in 2021 as it safely reopens the economy and rolls out the Covid-19 vaccine next year. This positive take was shared by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Sunday said that “the planned national roll-out of the vaccines, together with sustained efforts to enforce Covid-19 containment protocols […]
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is calling on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to heed the cries for justice of the families and colleagues of the victims of the Ampatuan massacre by classifying the case as resolved. The PTFoMS made the statement as it commemorated the 1st anniversary […]
Secretary Roy Cimatu wants the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to shift from reactive to preventive in its efforts to curb illegal logging by stopping criminals before they cut trees. Cimatu said it’s high time for the agency to move away from the traditional model of forest protection operation, which has been “largely […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned-over recently to the Department of Health (DOH) the newly-completed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health facilities at the Quezon Institute compound in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City. DPWH Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar turned over to DOH Undersecretary and Treatment Czar Leopoldo Vega two units of modular hospital […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Vivencio Dizon signed recently the Memorandum of Agreement for the development of the New Clark City Agro-Industrial Business Corridor (ABC) and National Seed Technology Park (NSTP). Dar said the project with initial funding of P285 million would lay the foundation for the […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) on Tuesday said work continues to restore electricity to the remaining areas serviced by three electric cooperatives (ECs) affected by the onslaught of Tropical Depression (TD) Vicky. Based on the monitoring report of the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of Monday (December 21), power has been […]
The government is now working overtime to safely reopen the economy in order for the country’s citizens to return to work and to prop up consumer confidence to boost economic activity. This according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who in an interview stressed that the government would exert all efforts to ensure that (coronavirus disease) […]