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Public Works and Highways Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark Villar announced that the preparedness and response of Zamboanga City against the spread of COVID-19 infection was further boosted with the availability of an additional 20-bed isolation facility. Villar said that the newly-built Zamboanga City Quarantine Facility located in Barangay Pasonanca was constructed to augment […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is hopeful the Environmental Protection and Enforcement Bureau (EPEB) will be created soon, as two committees in the House of Representatives held a joint meeting on proposed measures seeking to strengthen the enforcement of the country’s environmental laws. “What we are seeing is a sense of urgency and concerted effort at […]
The Export Development Council (EDC), the export policy-making body in the country, has lauded the swift and positive response of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to help lower the cost of fruits and vegetable exports. EDC Chairman and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez noted that exporters can now avail of free […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has addressed a complaint on dust pollution along a portion of Buenavista Salcedo Road in the town of Salcedo, Eastern Samar that was posted on Facebook. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, citing a report from District Engineer Ma. Margarita Junia of DPWH Eastern Samar District Engineering Office (ESDEO), […]
With increasing supply, galunggong (round scad) currently sells for P180 per kilogram (kg), from P260-280/kg, making the price more affordable. This is according to the daily market price monitoring conducted by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) in Metro Manila markets. With the increase in fish unloaded at the Navotas Fish Port Complex, […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) targets to partially open this May 2021 the Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge which is a major component of the BGC-Ortigas Road Link Project. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said that the superstructure of the Sta Monica-Lawton Bridge connecting Lawton Avenue in Makati City and Sta. Monica Street in Pasig […]
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu expressed optimism that a bill seeking to discard the deadline for agricultural free patent applications will soon become law. Senate Bill (SB) 1931 was approved by the Senate on second and third reading on Dec. 15, 2020, and will now go through bicameral proceedings to reconcile some uncommon […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as Task Force Yolanda Chair, the National Housing Authority, and beneficiary local governments, led the back to back distribution of free housing units in Iloilo on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, as part of the Duterte administration’s commitment to finish all Yolanda housing construction by 2022. The two successive distribution ceremonies were […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, together with officers of Task Force Yolanda and the National Housing Authority led the distribution of free housing units to beneficiaries in Sta. Fe, Leyte on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 and made a firm commitment that the Duterte administration will finish all Yolanda housing commitments by 2022. The turnover of the 500 […]
Two weeks after the signing of the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act” or Republic Act No. 11524, the six government representatives of the reconstituted Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Board convened virtually to discuss the major provisions of the law that need to be undertaken by respective committees and government agencies that will oversee […]