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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its financing arm the Small Business Corporation (SBCorp), has approved a total of 21,695 loan applications under the Bayanihan COVID-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises (CARES) program to provide micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) with urgent relief needed to restart their businesses amid the pandemic. “Our efforts […]
In partnership with local government units, private sector, and veterinary and hog raisers’ groups, the Department of Agriculture (DA) formally launched in Batangas City the national hog repopulation and “Bantay sa ASF sa Barangay” twin program, with a combined public and private investments of P29.6 billion, aimed at effectively controlling the dreaded African swine fever […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) has entered into a partnership with the private sector for the creation of more green spaces in urban areas, similar to the forest bathing concept developed in Japan in the 1980s. The “Urban Forest Bathing Project,” which is part of BMB’s Urban Biodiversity Program, aims […]
To better ensure the sufficient supply of pork products, supermarkets are lending the government a helping hand in the distribution and sale of these food items at their outlets nationwide and in wet markets at the National Capital Region. In his market visits, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos underscored the importance of […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a new police station in the municipality of Alicia, Isabela. The new Alicia Police Station Building Project is a 2-story building integrated with covered roof deck, reliable roofing, and structural sheet metals, wide-glass window and entry doors, neat paint finish, and ground floor ramps to […]
The proposed Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) will consolidate the various government offices that cater to the needs of over 10 million overseas Filipinos (OFs)––including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)––in order to serve them more efficiently and effectively without bloating the bureaucracy and without the need for additional funding. This was emphasized on Monday by Cabinet […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turn over ceremony of 463 new housing units to beneficiaries in Daanbantayan, Cebu last Tuesday, February 9, 2021 in coordination with Task Force Yolanda, the National Housing Authority and LGU officials. The distribution, the 20th virtual turnover of housing units, was made under the Yolanda Permanent Housing Project for […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the turn over ceremony of completed housing units to beneficiaries in Mercedes, Eastern Samar last Wednesday, February 10, 2021 in coordination with Task Force Yolanda, the National Housing Authority and LGU officials. The distribution, the 21st virtual turnover of housing units, was made under the Yolanda Permanent Housing Project for […]
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, commended the Albay Police Provincial Office (APPO) for the successful launching of its Tanglaw ng Lahing Filipino (TLF) project at the Albay Astrodome in Legazpi City. “Personally, I am happy because the TFL project involves a lot of stakeholders. This is basically […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu hailed the inclusion of the Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands (SPCW) in the Ramsar Convention’s List of Wetlands of International Importance as a demonstration of the country’s commitment to protect wetland ecosystems. “The Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands fulfills four criteria of the Ramsar Convention, which confirms […]