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DOT SUPPORTS BAGUIO ANTIGEN TESTING – ROMULO-PUYAT

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat welcomes the adoption of antigen testing as a way of determining if visitors to Baguio City are free of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “Together with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health (DOH), and Baguio City, we support the piloting of the antigen testing so that […]

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DTI: ONLINE CELEBRATION OF CONSUMER WELFARE MONTH

The Department of Trade and Industry, through its Consumer Protection Group (DTI-CPG), continues its annual celebration of Consumer Welfare Month (CWM) this October with most of the activities done virtually because of the community quarantine.   “This year’s theme is ‘Sustainable Consumer in the New Normal,’ which calls for a change in consumer behavior and […]

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DOT ACCREDITATION GOES DIGITAL – ROMULO-PUYAT

Tourism-related establishments can now apply online for accreditation with the Department of Tourism (DOT) with the launch of its Online Accreditation System. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the system, accessible through https://accreditation.tourism.gov.ph, promises to ease and speed up the accreditation requests of local tourism establishments. Romulo-Puyat said the new system will facilitate the accreditation requests, contactless transactions, […]

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OVERSEER MMDA HELPS PATEROS GET DONATIONS – LIM

The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII), in coordination with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), donated sacks of rice, hygiene kits and reams of bond paper, to the Municipality of Pateros to help its residents who were affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim and officials […]

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DA POURS P1B FUND FOR KALINGA PROJECTS – DAR

Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration and turnover of the Bado Dangwa-Guilayon Farm-to-Market Road (FMR) in Tabuk City, Kalinga under the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP). The road project, which was completed five months and 29 days ahead of its target, is the realization and fulfillment of a lifelong dream of Tabuk […]

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GOV’T TO PROVIDE FOOD AID VS CHILD MALNUTRITION

With data showing a rising number of families experiencing involuntary hunger, and with the country’s population expected to grow by 1.9 million this year, the government is now moving to provide food assistance for the most vulnerable groups in the country: malnourished children aged 6 months to 23 months old and nutritionally-at-risk pregnant women.This according […]

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DEPED READY FOR OCT. 5 SCHOOL OPENING — BRIONES

The Department of Education (DepEd) is all set to welcome School Year 2020-2021 through its National School Opening Day Program on October 5, 2020, Monday. To kick-off with a nationwide simultaneous flag-raising ceremony by 7:30am, the program will be led by Secretary Leonor Briones, who will give an inspirational message and formally declare the opening […]

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PH STARTS EXPORTING OKRA TO JAPAN – DAR

Agriculture Secretary William Dar and young agripreneurs, Jeffrey Fernandez and Rap Pelayo of Jelfarm Fresh Produce Enterprise led the initial shipment of 2 tons of okra (ladies’ fingers or ochro) to Japan recently at the Pair-pags Center, Pasay City. “This is an indication that in spite of COVID-19, we are upping the game. Kagaya nitong okra export […]

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DPWH BUILDS ‘POP-UP’ HOSPITAL AT LUNG CENTER

A “pop-up” hospital is now being built at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City to boost the hospital’s health care capacity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The 16-bed capacity modular hospital is being put up by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local and National Health Facilities that will support […]

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NEA STARTS ‘VIRTUAL INSPECTION’ OF SOLAR PROJECT

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has started the virtual inspection for its off-grid rural electrification project in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The NEA Total Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Department (TEREDD) together with the Iloilo III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ILECO III) recently completed the conduct of virtual Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) […]