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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 […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the rehabilitation of an access road leading to Kaitulari Ecopark located in the mountainous part of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental. Citing a report by DPWH Negros Occidental 2nd OIC-District Engineer Rolando Valdez, Secretary Mark Villar explained that the completed project covers the repair along 1.28-kilometer […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, together with IATF Yolanda, NHA and LGU officials, turned over 1,543 housing units in Panay, Capiz last Tuesday, March 16, 2021 as part of the government’s commitment to finish all Yolanda housing projects by 2022. Since assuming the chairmanship of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Unified Implementation and Monitoring of […]
To address the need for more skilled line workers and barangay electricians in the countryside, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) is pushing for the accreditation of electric cooperatives (ECs) as training and assessment centers by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The NEA, through its NEA-EC Training Institute (NETI), identified seven ECs for […]
Following the recent discovery of single-use face masks entangled in the coral reefs of Anilao, Batangas, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the increasing amount of improperly discarded household healthcare wastes during the pandemic has become a serious cause for concern. Cimatu said “the recent discovery of disposable face masks, plastic face shields, and other household […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently completed five COVID-19 facilities in Iloilo City and in the towns of Lambunao and Pototan, providing the Iloilo provincial government additional assistance in its fight against the ongoing pandemic. DPWH Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar, citing DPWH Regional Office 6 Director Lea Delfinado, said that […]
Of the more than 3,000 applicants nationwide, 808 have qualified as interns under the Mentoring and Attracting Youth in Agribusiness (MAYA) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). “You are the chosen few. You are taking a path forward, a journey, so to speak. The field of agriculture needs all the minds and power that every […]