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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced that the government will be coming out with its National Food Policy by October this year as part of its efforts to eradicate hunger in the country, encouraging members of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL) to help governmnent in one of its key anti-poverty programs. Speaking to NMYL […]
Former Catanduanes police officer Vincent Tacorda, who initially confessed, but later denied his statement of killing 54-year-old Catanduanes-based newspaper publisher Larry Sy Que, was found guilty in a separate frustrated murder case. In an 11-page decision released on February 14, Virac Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 Presiding Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada convicted Tacorda in […]
It is safe to conduct festivals and public gatherings in the country, despite the threat of COVID-19, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has assured. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat gave the assurance after the Department of Health (DOH) earlier recommended the cancellation of big events and other mass gatherings amid the threat posed by the new […]
The Philippines expressed hope that China will be able to recover from the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “We obviously recognize China as one of the leading trade partners of the Philippines. And we hope that China will be able to get back to its usual business, even given the challenges that your country […]
Similar to the Navotas Fish Complex in Metro Manila, the General Santos Fish Port Complex in SOCCSKSARGEN is set to undergo an overhaul. During a visit of the Fish Port recently, Agriculture Secretary William Dar expressed his support to rehabilitate and modernize the GenSan Fish Port. “With seventy-five percent of the tuna supply in the […]
Preparations for the first-ever Metro Manila Summer Film Festival have begun with an ocular inspection of the proposed route for the Parade of Stars. The Parade of Stars for the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) Summer edition will take place at Quezon City on April 5, Palm Sunday, as announced during a meeting presided by […]
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has directed all local government units (LGUs) and concerned national government agencies (NGAs) to strictly enforce the national zoning and movement plan crafted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to effectively manage, control and contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). The President met with more than 1,500 local chief […]
A new 154.8-meter bridge on the Minuhang Cabarasan Road is now providing residents ease of travel to other parts of Barangay Minuhang, in Barugo town, Leyte. Citing a report from Region 8 Director Nerie Bueno, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the DPWH Leyte 2nd District Engineering Office (DEO) has recently completed the new permanent P142.3-million […]
Around 32 provinces that have high hunger incidence will be given “special attention” in a bid to fulfill the current administration’s promise to reduce hunger by 25 percent when President Rodrigo Duterte’s term ends in 2022, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Nograles, who concurrently serves as chair of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Zero […]
The city government of San Juan and officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) closed a slaughterhouse for violating environmental laws and for lack of environmental permits. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu served the closure order on the slaughterhouse of Megga Foods and Stock Farm Inc. […]