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An electric cooperative (EC) in Davao Oriental has committed to improve its distribution facilities in a bid to provide better service to its power consumers in the province. The Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORECO), through Board Resolution No. 110 received by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) on July 1, said it would continue its […]
Some 36 million seedlings for the Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP) has been raised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the first half of this year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The number already represents almost 80 percent of the 45.2 million seedlings targeted for the entire year under the […]
Habitat for Humanity settlement areas will soon have access to sustainable food supply following the signing of a partnership between the foundation and the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Lili Fuentes inked a Memorandum of […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to set curfew at midnight and allow restaurants and fast-food chains longer operating hours. During the Laging Handa public briefing recently, Lopez said longer operating hours will enable restaurants and fast-food chains with dine-in services to accommodate more customers and increase their revenues. The trade chief […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is optimistic about the recovery of English language schools in the Philippines that would eventually put the Philippines back as a leading English as a Second Language (ESL) learning destination. “The students who have come here have returned to their home countries for now. While travel restrictions brought by the COVID-19 […]
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez has clarified his recent statement that ‘online barter’ is illegal, saying exchanges of goods for personal transactions, not as business, is allowed. Lopez said bartering is only allowed in three areas in the country — Siasi, Jolo; Sulu and Bonggao, Tawi-Tawi. “Outside those areas, barter trading across borders is not allowed. This […]
Porfirio Caagbay, 67, of Tayabas, Quezon, used to harvest an average of 4 tons of palay (unhusked rice) without using fertilizer. This current main season, with fertilizer support from the Department of Agriculture (DA), the veteran farmer looks forward to harvesting 2 tons more, as he will apply at least four 50-kilo bags of urea […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles reiterated that the economic gains made by the Duterte Administration in its first three years will help the Philippines survive the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that there are already signs that the country is on the road to recovery. In his opening remarks at the second Pre-State of […]
The national government is still weighing calls to lift the provincial bus ban to help drivers and operators recover from the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. In an interview over DZBB, Nograles said part of the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) “calibrated approach” on the resumption of public transportation […]
To address the cremation backlog throughout the Cebu City because of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related deaths, Environment Secretary and Cebu COVID-19 response overseer Roy Cimatu is leading the search for areas that can be converted into burial sites. Cimatu joined local environment officials in inspecting possible sites in the upland village of Sapangdaku where patients who died […]