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The Department of Agriculture is enhancing its preparations for wet cropping season this June. During a Laging Handa public briefing, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the department will cover an estimated total area of 2.5 million hectares for wet season planting. “We will cover almost 2.5 million hectares.” “We will cover almost 2.5 million hectares […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of temporary dormitories for healthcare workers at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City. Secretary Mark Villar said that the proposed “We Heal as One Offsite Dormitory” by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local/National Health Facility located at Quezon Memorial […]
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is encouraging businessmen to support the government’s “Balik Probinsya” program by putting up technology-related businesses in the provinces.DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña said the agency plans to launch soon the Expanded Opportunities for Development through the Use of Science and Technology (EXODUS) program. Through the program, dela Peña […]
The government is ramping up efforts for a simultaneous rollout of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program on June 11, this time for the second batch of qualified beneficiaries who want to return to their provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao, BP2 Council Executive Director Marcelino Escalada Jr. said. Escalada, who is also the […]
With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic now forcing people to observe physical distancing and isolation, most work and leisure activities are now being done online. As the health crisis continues to evolve and in anticipation of other challenges, the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies are making sure that Philippine tourism remains […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the government is launching digital solutions as well as health and safety protocols for restaurant dine-in operations following the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). “The DOT (Department of Tourism) and the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) shall soon roll out a post-audit mechanism […]
The rollout of the national government’s ambitious “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pagasa” (BP2) program is scheduled to commence in 13 provinces nationwide in the next few weeks, the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) said. During the Laging Handa network briefing, PCOO Assistant Secretary Ramon Cualoping III said the BP2 program will be implemented in Misamis Occidental, […]
Deck slab concreting works at the (North Luzon Expressway) NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 is now at 100 percent, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said at his recent inspection of the flagship project. “We are glad to announce that another flagship project, the R-10 Exit Ramp of NLEX Harbor Link, is now back […]
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will give for free land owned by the government to landless Filipinos who will venture into agriculture on their return to the provinces. DAR Undersecretary Emily Padilla said the move is in support of the government’s Balik Probinsya program. DAR Secretary John Castriciones recently led the distribution of food […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed the resumption of travel and other tourism-related activities in areas now placed under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), as it also hopes that this will help the tourism sector recover from the effects of the quarantine enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “It’s […]