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The municipality of San Francisco in Agusan del Sur welcomed the completion of two infrastructure projects worth over P7.9 million in one of its villages. In a statement, the town said the two projects were funded by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) through the Local Government Support Fund Assistance to Municipalities 2020 program. […]
A measure seeking to declare a portion of Philippine Rise as a protected area has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Natural Resources chaired by Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr., approved the unnumbered substitute bill to House Bill 36, which would declare a portion of the Philippine Rise situated […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte has proposed that the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) enhance its process of identifying and documenting the country’s cultural heritage resources to ensure their preservation and proper use. Under House Bill (HB) No. 7949, Villafuerte sought improvements in the cultural mapping program of the NCCA, and enlisted local […]
Policemen assigned at the Batasan area in Quezon City joined a community pantry on Thursday. The food distribution effort was organized by District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo, his wife Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo and Barangay Batasan Hills police officers. It was a Quezon City resident, Ana Patricia Non, that started the idea of sharing food […]
Local officials and residents in Ilocos Sur were elated as they welcomed the inauguration of the expanded Salomague Port in Cabugao town, poised to become one of the country’s cruise ports. If not because of the pandemic, Ilocos Sur Representative Deogracias Victor Savellano said the newly improved port could have hosted a number of international […]
Zumba by the beach is the fun way the municipality of Concepcion in Iloilo is boosting the immunity of its residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quarantined in a beach resort turned off-site Isolation Facility (IF) in Malangabang Island. The municipality located in the northern part of Iloilo has 211 active cases: […]
Around 31 doctors are undergoing the Sorsogon Family Medicine Residency Training Program in an effort to strengthen the services of medical practitioners and capabilities of hospitals in the province.The Sorsogon Provincial Hospital has tapped the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians (PFAP) led by one of its consultants, Dr. Aileen Espina, together with the Bicol Regional […]
The Senate Economic Planning Office, in partnership with the Office of Senator Nancy Binay, held the webinar, “Deleting the Digital Divide,” which tackled the legislative proposal adopting an open access in data transmission. With roughly 200 participants coming from the Senate Secretariat offices, Senators’ offices and stakeholders, the webinar discussed the issues and challenges in […]
The country’s professional licensure system should remain, despite the struggles of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to hold these certification tests the past year due to the pandemic because such assessments boost the credibility of Filipino professionals here and around the world, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Despite our disappointment with how the PRC has been […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is urging closer collaboration among agencies involved in education so that the government “will have a stronger and unified approach in addressing an education crisis worsened by the pandemic”. As tests and studies reveal the deterioration of the quality of graduates across levels, Villanueva said the Department of Education, Commission on Higher […]