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Secretary Roy Cimatu wants the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to shift from reactive to preventive in its efforts to curb illegal logging by stopping criminals before they cut trees. Cimatu said it’s high time for the agency to move away from the traditional model of forest protection operation, which has been “largely […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned-over recently to the Department of Health (DOH) the newly-completed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health facilities at the Quezon Institute compound in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City. DPWH Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar turned over to DOH Undersecretary and Treatment Czar Leopoldo Vega two units of modular hospital […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Vivencio Dizon signed recently the Memorandum of Agreement for the development of the New Clark City Agro-Industrial Business Corridor (ABC) and National Seed Technology Park (NSTP). Dar said the project with initial funding of P285 million would lay the foundation for the […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) on Tuesday said work continues to restore electricity to the remaining areas serviced by three electric cooperatives (ECs) affected by the onslaught of Tropical Depression (TD) Vicky. Based on the monitoring report of the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of Monday (December 21), power has been […]
The government is now working overtime to safely reopen the economy in order for the country’s citizens to return to work and to prop up consumer confidence to boost economic activity. This according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who in an interview stressed that the government would exert all efforts to ensure that (coronavirus disease) […]
The Island Barangay of Mindoro in Bangar, La Union is now safe from extreme damages brought by flooding with the completion of a 207-lineal meter concrete dike constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) along Amburayan River. Citing a report submitted by DPWH La Union 1st District Engineering Office, Secretary Mark Villar […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) formally partnered with the Food Safety & Hygiene Academy of the Philippines (FoodSHAP) to level up its accreditation process in the area of food safety. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the two parties was signed by Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and FoodSHAP Managing Director Elsie Gatpayat. Under the MOA, […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) virtually launched the “Building an Entrepreneurial Society of Tomorrow Bootcamp: Accept, Adapt, and Act” (BEST Bootcamp: 3A) Program, which will provide business mentoring and entrepreneurial training for displaced or retrenched workers because of the pandemic and those who want to start […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a new bridge leading to tourism destinations in Tagaytay City, Cavite. Secretary Mark Villar recently led the ceremonial opening of Kaykulot Bridge connecting Tagaytay-Calamba Road to Sta. Rosa-Ulat-Tagaytay Road, Cavite. Villar said that this 90-lineal meter bridge is a key component of the Kaykulot Road […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has called for intensified monitoring of tree-cutting activities in the same area where authorities recently discovered an illegal small-scale mining operation in Magpet town, Cotabato province. “We cannot allow people to further destroy our forests especially when we know that flooding is among its direct consequences,” Cimatu pointed out. “Many Filipinos […]