IKOT.PH
Due to the abundance of sardines (Sardinelia lemuru) locally known as “tamban” or “law-law” fish and strategic access to big fishing grounds, Bulan town in Sorsogon will be opening its first big-scale sardine canning factory in Bicol. Governor Chiz Escudero said the sardine factory of the Guinbe Food Corporation, a known manufacturer of quality sardines, […]
Twelve sugar migrants have received P10,000 each as livelihood assistance from the Antique provincial government recently. Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao said in an interview that the livelihood assistance was given to help poor sugar migrants who came home from Negros Occidental during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. “Manage well the amount given so that you […]
“Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, let’s not forget to contain the most contagious disease in the world: Tuberculosis (TB).” This was the message of Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) National President and Quirino Gov. Dax Cua, who on Friday stressed that the government should continue to focus on other dangerous diseases […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte is backing a proposal in the Senate for a new fiscal package in 2021 on top of next year’s proposed General Appropriations Act (GAA), this time a “Bayanihan 3” plan for the large-scale rehabilitation of provinces and cities devastated by three strong typhoons—Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses—that battered Luzon in succession […]
An executive order should be issued to transfer back to the National Treasury the P33.4 billion “parked” in the bank accounts of the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) to buy a huge chunk of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for Filipinos, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Since the PITC is under the Department of Trade and […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sent its M/V Amazing Grace to the province of Catanduanes to provide much needed relief and assistance to the survivors of recent typhoons that hit the country. PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Dick Gordon led the send-off ceremony for the ship, which was commissioned by the PRC in 2017, the […]
Resilient, strategic thinkers and persevering, women entrepreneurs are paving the way in the country’s economic recovery following a slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Grace Poe said. Despite the fracturing impact of the pandemic, Poe said there is clear optimism and rapid responsiveness among women entrepreneurs to turn the challenges into opportunities not only […]
The country’s first solar-powered bike pit stop and repair station in San Juan City is now officially open to the public. San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora said the biking facility, though located within the premises of the city hall is open to all bikers. “We will station people here, every day in the morning until […]
The House Committee on Disaster Resilience adopted recently a resolution declaring a disaster and climate emergency. House Resolution No. 535, authored by Representative Joey Sarte Salceda (2nd District, Albay), expresses the will of the House that the country has been suffering from a disaster and climate emergency which now compels a whole-of-government, whole-of-society, and whole-of-nation […]
While learners affected by recent storms await the printing and distribution of new sets of learning materials, Senator Win Gatchalian proposed anew to resume classes through “purok workshops” if they are in COVID-19-free or ‘low-risk’ areas. According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, it is crucial that recovery […]