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The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) signed the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) for setting the price range for Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing for COVID-19. The JAO is pursuant to Executive Order No. 118 of President Rodrigo Duterte that ordered agencies to implement a price range for COVID-19 […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is eyeing immediate dredging and strict enforcement of the 20-meter easement rule along the Cagayan River to avoid a repeat of massive flooding that submerged the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses. Cimatu’s plans for the Cagayan River received a warm reception from four governors and […]
The Department of Education (DepEd) will only allow the conduct of face-to-face (F2F) classes after the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). This is the pronouncement of Secretary Leonor Briones in a virtual press briefing in Malacañang, clarifying that no face-to-face classes is still the standing […]
Spreading kindness, battling hunger. This was the rationale behind the latest round of hot meal distribution activities spearheaded by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles together with Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) officials, who on Friday trooped to Parañaque City to hand out 2,000 hot meals prepared by McDonald’s Kindness Kitchen (MKK). “The voluntary, unprompted assistance extended […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the online turnover of free housing units to beneficiaries in Dumangas, Iloilo last November 27, 2020 in coordination with the Task Force Yolanda, the National Housing Authority and local government leaders. Nograles heads the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Unified Implementation and Monitoring of Rehabilitation and Recovery Projects and Programs […]
Recognizing the need to augment healthcare infrastructure in the National Capital Region, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a 96-bed quarantine/isolation healthcare facility in Quezon City University in just 18 days. “These mobile health facilities in Quezon City University are constructed to enable the immediate isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu recommended the widening of Marikina River to increase its flood-carrying capacity after Marikina City and nearby areas submerged in deep floodwaters during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses. “Marikina River has to be widened to reduce the risk of flooding in the area,” Cimatu said during his visit to Marikina City three […]
The Philippine Senate has approved the proposed P85.58-billion budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA), including those of its bureaus, and attached agencies and corporations. Senator Cynthia Villar sponsored and defended virtually the proposed DA budget and that of the National Irrigation Administration (at P31.56B) before her colleagues, who were present physically and virtually at […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led the online turnover of 535 free housing units to beneficiaries in Jamindan, Capiz last November 24, 2020, in coordination with the Task Force Yolanda, the National Housing Authority and local government leaders. Nograles heads the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Unified Implementation and Monitoring of Rehabilitation and Recovery Projects and […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles together with officers of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) distributed 2,000 hot meals to Caloocan residents in a well-attended event last November 26, 2020.The meals were prepared by the McDonald’s Kindness Kitchen (MKK). The group has so far distributed 320,000 meals through its McDo Kindness Kitchen to healthcare workers, police […]