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“We will follow where the evidence leads us. Charge those who will hamper your investigation.” This was the order given by Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Sy Egco’s to Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents who are investigating the murder of Dumaguete City radioman Rex […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Sunday government will be maximizing information and communications technology (ICT) tools in its initiatives to combat hunger, especially  following a May 4 to 10 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed 16.7% of Filipino families having experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months.According to Nograles –– who […]
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will be offered zero-interest loans under the Philippine Economic Stimulus Act (PESA) bill, government officials said. “If we’re able to get zero-cost funding, that’s the fund that we can lend at zero percent also. And then out of that funding, we will just ask for administration fee. So that’s […]
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has resumed rice exports to the Philippines and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to maintain adequate food supply in the region amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “We welcome the decision by Vietnam to resume its rice export policy and taking into account the difficulties […]
The initial cost of damage incurred by electric cooperatives (ECs) from Typhoon Ambo has reached P170 million, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said. Based on the reports received by the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of Tuesday (May 19), Ambo caused an initial estimate of P170.215 million in damages to ECs […]
National Action Plan Against COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. led the inspection of the Philippine Arena mega swabbing center on Wednesday, May 20, which will be operational in the coming days. Galvez was joined by Senator Manny Pacquiao, National Action Plan Against COVID-19 deputy chief implementer Secretary Vince Dizon, Iglesia […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the supply and demand situation for alcohol and face masks has already stabilized. In an interview on ANC recently, Lopez said there are now available supplies of alcohol in drugstores and supermarkets while retailers can already increase the number of face masks that can be […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is readying interventions under its P700-million Quick Response Fund (QRF) after conducting field validation of areas affected by Typhoon Ambo in Eastern Visayas and Luzon. “We will use the QRF to rehabilitate affected areas and help farmers and fishers who suffered the brunt of ‘Ambo’ that damaged P1.14-billion worth of […]
The tourism industry will recover amid the uncertainty brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This is the consensus of tourism experts tapped by the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) in partnership with the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) in a webinar recently. In the virtual talk […]
A former overseas Filipino worker (OFW), Engineer Celestino Mananguit of San Ildefonso, Bulacan, developed an integrated eight-hectare livestock farm, expanding it into a techno-demonstration and agri-tourism farm that provides food, livelihood, and employment in his community. A retired seaman, Melbert Gabriel Fadrigo, developed their family farm in Hamtic, Antique, mechanizing his operations and now producing […]