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With Metro Manila under enhanced community quarantine to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), air quality in the metropolis has significantly improved in recent days. This was reported by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) based on air pollution levels registered at their various air quality monitoring stations in Metro […]
The government is now expediting the process of transforming maritime vessels, hotels, and other private establishments into quarantine and isolation facilities, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Nograles said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has already directed concerned government agencies to hasten the identification of establishments that will be […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will set up more ‘Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita’ outlets to serve more consumers in Metro Manila, providing them fresh farm and fishery products at affordable prices. Following the success of the Kadiwa outlet launched recently at the DA’s Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), along Elliptical Road in Quezon City, Agriculture […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently delivered additional 10,000 surgical masks to major public hospitals handling COVID-19 patients in Metro Manila. Under Secretary Mark Villar’s instruction, DPWH Undersecretary Emil Sadain, who is also the head of the Task Force on Augmentation of Healthcare Facilities, facilitated the distribution of donated medical supplies to […]
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered a check on hotels and establishments around Manila Bay after a change in the color of the bay’s water was recently observed. “We suspect that this sudden color change from the previous dark blue to turquoise blue is caused by the direct discharge of wastewater from the treatment plants […]
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 […]