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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority installed its first-ever granulator and brick-making facility in one of its flood control facilities in a bid to lessen solid waste being dumped and found in waterways that usually end up at pumping stations. In an inauguration ceremony at Vitas Pumping Station in Tondo, MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said that […]
Commercial hog raisers in areas free from African Swine Fever (ASF) can now expand their operations – to increase hog production and stabilize pork supply and prices – by availing of P15-billion worth of loans from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank). On March 17, 2021, LandBank forged a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with […]
Committed to nurture healthy learners, the Department of Education (DepEd) is planning to establish more than 1800 additional dental and medical clinics in schools nationwide by the end of the second quarter this year. “We are looking to equip more schools with clinics equipped with a lavatory and water system for handwashing and cleaning needs, […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as Chairman of the IATF Yolanda, NHA and the LGU beneficiary distributed an additional 5,000 free housing units in Carles, Iloilo last Wednesday, March 17, 2021, as part of the Duterte administration’s commitment to fulfilling all its Yolanda housing commitments by 2022.The turnover was done virtually and was the 27th such […]
The Philippines has made significant progress in protecting journalists according to the 2020 Director-General Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) welcomed the report as concrete proof of President Rodrigo Duterte’s commitment […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created a special committee to look into allegations of corruption in the allocation of meat import certificates under the in-quota Minimum Access Volume (MAV) scheme. “While we stand firm that the issuance of MAV in-quota allocation is above-board and non-discretionary, we have created a special committee to look into allegations […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fast-tracking the construction of a 3-kilometer coastal bypass road in the town of Lianga, Surigao del Sur. “The Lianga Coastal Bypass Road is a major infrastructure project that will increase economic growth in the municipality and boost tourism by making the area a main stopover for […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as Chairman of Task Force Yolanda, NHA, and LGU officials, distributed free housing units to beneficiaries in Eastern Samar on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, and made a firm commitment that the government will strive harder to provide better service to the people. Since assuming the chairmanship of the Inter-agency Task Force […]
Teaching personnel and a majority of the non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) will receive their 2019 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) after the IATF (AO25TF) declared the Department eligible for the annual incentive. “For PBB 2019, DepEd met 13 out of the 15 indicators. We are eligible as an agency because we met all […]
Only individuals aged 18-65 years old are allowed to go outside their residences amid the alarming rising number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. The Metro Manila Council, through the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, is drafting a resolution prohibiting minors, particularly aged 15-17, to go outdoors for a period of two weeks. This will be […]