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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is now probing the alleged abuse of Persons with Disability (PWD) identification cards, following a recent viral post on social media showing all members of one family being issued with PWD ID cards. The social media post, showed a photo of one family from Quezon City with its […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) received a ferry boat donation for its Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS). MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim signed a deed of donation with Reghis Romero II, chairman of the board, Philippine Ecological Systems Corporation (Phileco), during the official turn-over of the new ferry boat at the Guadalupe Station in Makati […]
The government is set and ready to implement its Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program in various provinces in Central Luzon after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and farmers groups entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) through “virtual signing” at Clark, Pampanga last […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) in Eastern and Northern Samar have nearly completed the restoration of power to thousands of households in the provinces that experienced outages due to Typhoon ‘Ambo’ last month. This was based on the report received by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) through the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of […]
Rolly Mahilum, the prime suspect in the brutal murder of Surigao del Sur DXBF Prime Broadcasting Network manager and anchor Christopher Iban “Chris Rapido” Lozada in October 2017, was finally brought to trial. This welcome development was announced by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), the lead government agency tasked to investigate violence […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar is urging employees of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to take a bigger role and to have a renewed sense of purpose as the nation shifts to the new normal during the DA’s 122nd founding anniversary recently at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management Convention Hall. With the celebration’s theme, […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said his office had received nearly 10,000 complaints related to fraudulent online transactions in the first six months of the year. In the virtual Kapihan sa Manila Bay, Lopez said around 1,000 complaints were filed in the first quarter of the year, and the rest were […]
The 11-kilometer final segment of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) will be opened to motorists on July 15, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) confirmed recently. In a Facebook post, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the completion and opening of the Pozorrubio, Pangasinan to Rosario, La Union Section of TPLEX is expected to […]
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu challenged city and barangay (village) officials in Cebu City to aim for the downgrading of the current enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to a lower risk classification. Cimatu issued the challenge during a press briefing with Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and […]
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), along with its government and private partners, broke ground on the first “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2)” model village for returning informal urban dwellers in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte recently.In a statement, Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the village will be patterned after successful models of communities involved in one common […]