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TAGUIG JOINS ‘PLANT, PLANT, PLANT’ PROGRAM – DAR

The Taguig City government becomes the newest partner of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the Metro Manila implementation of the Urban Agriculture Project (UAP) under the agency’s “Plant Plant Plant Program” or “Agri 4Ps”. Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Taguig City Mayor Lino Cayetano recently signed the Memorandum of Agreement for the UAP implementation […]

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NOGRALES: WE GO FULL-BLAST WITH FEEDING AND FARMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AMID COVID-19

“We should be creative and think of ways to continue implementing our various feeding programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those targeted at schools and schoolchildren. We’re working the mechanics out with the DepEd and DSWD so that the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program achieves its goal of combatting hunger.”This was according […]

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DPWH TO BUILD MORE COVID-19 FACILITIES AT EAMC, QMMC – VILLAR

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar has announced that his agency is now assisting the construction of additional health facilities at the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) and at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) both in Quezon City. Villar said the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious […]

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CEBU CITY COVID-19 CEMETERY TO MEET TOP HEALTH, SAFETY STANDARDS – CIMATU

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has assured residents of Cebu City on the government’s diligence in making sure the construction of a cemetery for deceased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients will meet the “highest health and safety standards”. “We have to ensure the development of roads leading up to here. There are trees here in the area, […]

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TASK FORCE TAKES OVER PROBE OF DUMAGUETE BROADCASTER’S SLAY – SY EGCO

For better and tighter coordination between law enforcement agencies, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has announced that it has taken over the probe into the gruesome murder of broadcaster Cornelio “Rex” Pepino. PTFoMS chairman and Justice Secretary Mernardo Guevarra has designated Prosecutor Leonardo Mandajoyan to lead the Special Investigation Team for New […]

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DA TRANSFERS P1.4B TO LANDBANK FOR ACEF CREDIT PROGRAM – DAR

The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently transferred to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) an additional P1.44 billion to fund loans made by farmers, fisherfolk, and agripreneurs under the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) credit program. “The fresh fund augments the previous P4.495B the DA has cumulatively entrusted to LandBank, being the administrator of […]

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VILLAR: DPWH TURNS OVER DORMS FOR LUNG CENTER MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that medical personnel of the Lung Center of the Philippines will now have a temporary shelter within the hospital’s compound in Quezon City. Villar said that government has helped relieve daily operational challenges of healthcare workers of the Lung Center of Philippines by providing two units of […]

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DOT, FAO TEAM UP TO PROMOTE FARM TOURISM – ROMULO-PUYAT

The Department of Tourism (DOT) will team up with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to promote farm tourism and help the country’s tourism industry recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The partnership with FAO – which leads efforts to achieve food security and fight world hunger and malnutrition —  intends […]

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DAVAO ORIENTAL POWER COOP VOWS TO IMPROVE SERVICES

An electric cooperative (EC) in Davao Oriental has committed to improve its distribution facilities in a bid to provide better service to its power consumers in the province.  The Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORECO), through Board Resolution No. 110 received by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) on July 1, said it would continue its […]

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DENR HITS 80% OF 45M SEEDLINGS TARGET AMID PANDEMIC – CIMATU

Some 36 million seedlings for the Enhanced National Greening Program (ENGP) has been raised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during the first half of this year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The number already represents almost 80 percent of the 45.2 million seedlings targeted for the entire year under the […]