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Unscrupulous traders may be one of the reasons why farmers cannot feel the full effects of the Rice Tariffication Law, a Palace official said. Amid farmer groups’ complaints that the law had led to falling farm gate prices of palay, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles maintained that the law serves a good purpose and that abusive […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced on Tuesday that 10 days after remembering the devastating typhoon which struck large areas of the Visayas in 2013, the Duterte administration was again distributing a new batch of completed housing units to survivors of Typhoon Yolanda. “The houses for Yolanda beneficiaries in several towns in Iloilo, Antique, Aklan and […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said he will leave it to the drug enforcement agencies to decide who will be given access to the list of high-value targets (HVTs) in the campaign against illegal drugs, including Vice President Leni Robredo, who now serves as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-illegal Drugs (ICAD). Nograles said that […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles called on Congress to fast track the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), noting that the recent series of earthquakes that struck Mindanao and other natural calamities that hit other parts of the country required full-time, Cabinet-level attention. “We cannot predict the occurrence of disasters. They are not conveniently timed […]
An active police officer who is accused of being the gunman in the killing of Dumaguete City radio broadcaster and blocktimer Mercedario “Dindo” Generoso has been places under custody. Roger Rubio, one of the four alleged suspects in Generoso’s murder, was presented to the media in a press conference held at Malacañang recently. Presidential Task […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles praised the “Yolanda” permanent resettlement site in Tabuelan town in northern Cebu as the first-ever housing project that is fully finished and occupied. “We can show to the whole country that Olivo Heights housing in Tabuelan is now the model of all ‘Yolanda’ housing projects in the country as it is […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) and electric cooperatives (ECs), through the One EC Network Foundation, are stepping up efforts to help earthquake survivors in Cotabato rise from the rubble and rebuild their lives. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong graced on Friday the official launch of the “Build Me A Home: Adopt A Home, Adopt a Future” program […]
The Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DANECO) and the group associated with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement, signifying the end of a seven-year-long rift between the two factions. National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Edgardo Masongsong witnessed the formal signing of the document, which recognizes the legitimacy of […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has vowed to assist electric cooperatives in North Cotabato and Davao del Sur to fully recover from a series of strong earthquakes that jolted several areas in Mindanao last month. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong on Tuesday met with officials of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative, Inc. (COTELCO) and Davao del Sur […]
The Judges-at-Large Act of 2018, which was sponsored by Senator Dick Gordon, could be the solution to the problem on court vacancies as stated by Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. According to Peralta, around 20 percent of courts nationwide are vacant and in need of judges. The Chief Justice said that one of the […]