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The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the request of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for a P31-billion supplemental budget to fund the ‘Plant, Plant, Plant Program’ or Agri 4Ps to boost the country’s food adequacy level during the emergency situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We thank […]
To support micro and small businesses affected by the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country, the Small Business Corporation (SBC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is setting up a P1-billion Enterprise Rehabilitation Financing facility under the “Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso” (COVID-19 P3-ERF). The loan facility will be […]
Rolly Mahilum, the main suspect in the murder of DXBF Prime Broadcasting Network operations manager and anchor Christopher “Chris Rapido” Lozada in October 2017 has been arrested by the Surigao Del Sur Police Provincial Office. A report sent to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Secretariat in Malacañang said Mahilum was arrested on March […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) gave the electric cooperatives (ECs) clearance to secure short-term loans from other financial institutions to mitigate the economic effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on their commercial operations. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong recently issued Memorandum No. 2020-015, allowing the 121 ECs to avail of short-term loans from banks and […]
Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced that the IATF has directed a technical working group (TWG) headed by the Department of Health (DOH) to finalize the parameters that will guide recommendations on the lifting or extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in […]
President Rodrigo Duterte announced that the government is launching the largest and broadest social protection program in Philippine history as part of efforts to help underprivileged families cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine. In a presidential address Monday night, the President stressed that the government “is now […]
Rewards will be given to anyone who can provide information that will lead to the arrest of 76 Maguindanao massacre suspects who remain at large, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) announced. In a press statement, the PTFoMS said the Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to pursue intensified manhunt operations against the fugitives, […]
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat recently said she will be on self-quarantine after the announcement that Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr., has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a statement, Romulo-Puyat said she was in close contact with Santos in a meeting on March 20. “I […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of Health (DOH) have forged an agreement to reactivate the Local Price Coordination Councils (LPCCs) to closely monitor the prices of farm and fishery products, processed goods, and medicines sold in Metro Manila and other urban centers nationwide during the Luzon-wide […]
After converting various evacuation centers into health facilities, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now looking into preparing existing public buildings and open spaces in Metro Manila to be used as health facilities and isolation sites to address the issue of hospital space shortage amid the continuing rise in coronavirus disease 2019 […]