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Our country’s modern-day heroes, the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should be treated like real heroes. This, according to the Alliance of Bonafide Recruiters for OFW’s Advancement and Development or ABROAD, is why it is stepping up efforts to assist government in helping OFWs that have been displaced, as well as working with the Duterte […]
The top official of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) said the Duterte administration remains committed to ensuring the safety of journalists in the country. Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, executive director of the PTFOMS which is under the Office of the President, said the task force’s top mandate is to protect the […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is open to volunteers for simultaneous coastal cleanup activities in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the annual International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD). Institutions and groups interested in joining the September 21 simultaneous cleanup, using their own resources, may already inform the DENR’s NCR office about their […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday led the 2nd Caraga Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) Meeting at the Gateway Hotel in Surigao City. The meeting was in line with the mandate of Executive Order No. 70 (series of 2018) which created the Caraga RTF-ELCAC and its twelve clusters effective June […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) will lead electric cooperatives (ECs) in the conduct of a nationwide line clearing and tree-planting activities on August 30 in celebration of the 10th National Electrification Awareness Month (NEAM). Dubbed as “Golden Aim for Green,” these activities seek to highlight the importance of environment care and conservation to ensure reliable […]
Government’s electrification projects, including the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP), will receive P1.5 billion in the proposed budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for fiscal year 2020 based on the National Expenditure Program (NEP). This was revealed by NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong when he presented the agency’s 2020 proposed budget based on NEP before the […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has reported that 90 percent of national roads and “Mabuhay Lanes” are now cleared while 60 percent of inner roads in Metro Manila are also free of obstructions. MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia came out with the report after meeting with Metro Manila mayors to discuss the compliance of […]
Three members of the Kapa-Community Ministry International (Kapa) were tagged in the murder of Brigada News FM radio anchor Eduardo “Ed” Dizon in Kidapawan City, Cotabato last July 10. In a Malacañang press briefing, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar and Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director Joel Sy Egco […]
Mindanao will be the food basket of the Philippines and will be given its due share and priority in agriculture and rural development. This was the assurance given by Agriculture Secretary William Dar in a press briefing in Davao City recently where he cited Mindanao’s contributions to the country’s economy. Dar cited the potentials of […]
The Philippines has kept a “high profile” in the world tourism radar, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. “Tourism is at its most exciting times. The Philippines has kept a high profile in the world tourism radar,” Romulo-Puyat said during her keynote address at the 7th Tourism Coordinating Council (TCC) meeting in Makati. “Foreign tourist arrivals […]