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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. […]
Several provinces under the coverage areas of six electric cooperatives (ECs) have experienced power interruptions due to Tropical Storm Dante. These provinces are Marinduque, Romblon, Masbate, Eastern Samar and Biliran based on the monitoring of the NEA through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of Wednesday, June 02. The electric co-ops were […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority vowed to ramp up efforts to beautify and sanitize the metropolis amid the pandemic and before the rainy season starts as it begun a clean-up of Estero de Tripa de Gallina in Manila. Dubbed as “Metro Bayanihan: I ❤️️ MM”, the project includes intensified sidewalk clearing operations, cleaning of waterways, anti-littering […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced it would resume subsidizing the 50 percent RT-PCR testing for qualified domestic tourists, through the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the marketing and promotions arm of DOT, following the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow leisure travel for persons […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that residents of Alaminos City, Pangasinan will soon be less susceptible to flooding with the ongoing construction of a flood control project in Barangay Pogo. “This 356-meter flood control project aims to mitigate the overflowing of Alaminos River not only to safeguard agricultural lands and products, but more […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the successful holding of the sixth leg of the Kasama sa Pamana: Regional Pre-SONA Series in Baguio City last June 1, 2021. The event was attended by officials from national government agencies, local chief executives and other stakeholders. This was part of preparations for President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and last […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has entered into new agreements with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to advance the country’s biodiversity conservation and water access and sanitation services. Secretary Roy Cimatu welcomed the five-year partnership with the USAID for the Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL) and […]
The Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) is ramping up the on-going construction of additional isolation facilities to accommodate soaring of COVID-19 cases in Zamboanga City with the construction of an off-site modular hospital and a pop-up dormitory for health workers to start this June. DPWH Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar said the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects the World Bank (WB) to approve an additional $280-million (P14 billion) second additional financing (AF2) to bankroll more agriculture enterprise and rural infrastructure subprojects under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). The $280-M loan includes a EUR18.3 million (P1 billion) co-financing grant from the European Union (EU). “The WB […]