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MANILA GOV’T FORMS TASK FORCE TO KEEP SCHOOLS SAFE 

Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso has signed Executive Order No. 29, Series of 2026, officially titled the “Manila Schools Safety Initiative,” creating the Manila School and Community Safety Task Force, a citywide body tasked with preventing armed violence and mass-casualty incidents in schools and public spaces. “Our policy is simple: Remove illegal guns. Act […]

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PANGILINAN BACKS EL NIÑO TASK FORCE

Senator Kiko Pangilinan fully supports the Inter-Agency Task Force El Niño to mitigate the adverse impacts of the drought expected to be brought about by the El Niño phenomenon later this year. In a media interview in Albay province on the sidelines of his attendance at the Agri Fiesta 2026 there, Pangilinan explained that the […]

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TIU LAUREL RECONVENES DA’S EL NIÑO TASK FORCE

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered the reconvening of the Department of Agriculture’s El Niño task force to prepare the country for a potentially severe episode later this year, warning that the prolonged dry spell could hit crop production, hurt farmers’ incomes, and drive up food prices. “It is imperative that we put […]

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TIU LAUREL FORMS FOOD SECURITY TASK FORCE

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. formally established a Food Security Task Force within the Department of Agriculture (DA) to closely monitor and respond to disruptions in agricultural supply, prices, and trade caused by the ongoing energy emergency and geopolitical tensions in key export markets. Tiu Laurel said that the move aims to replace the […]

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PANGILINAN: CREATE FOOD CRISIS TASK FORCE

Senator Kiko Pangilinan has called for an immediate emergency response to mitigate the potential impact of the escalating conflict in the Middle East on the country’s food security.  During the Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform’s joint hearing with the Committees on Local Government and Ways and Means at the Philippine Carabao Center in […]

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BRAGAS FORMS TASK FORCE VS ‘HOT MEAT’ IN ABRA

Acting Abra Governor Russell Bragas created a task force to combat the rampant entry and selling of undocumented hot meat/frozen meat in the province. Bragas signed Executive Order No.19-2025 or the Task Force Hot Meat/Frozen Meat to protect the consuming public and the Abra’s agricultural sector particularly the livestock raisers. “I issued EO no. 19-2025 […]

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DENR FORMS TASK FORCE TO SAVE HOMONHON ISLAND

House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan announced the launch of a multisectoral effort to save the historic Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar from further environmental degradation due to commercial nickel and chromite mining activities. “We are pleased to report that following a meeting that we initiated among stakeholders, Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has […]

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MMDA JOINS GOV’T TASK FORCE VS COLORUM OPERATIONS

Heeding the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to crackdown colorum vehicles, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, together with the Department of Transportation – Philippines (DoTr) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG Philippines), inked a memorandum of agreement that will create a Joint Task Force (JTF) to curb down illegal vehicles. The […]

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QC FORMS TASK FORCE TO COUNTER EL NIÑO EFFECTS

In anticipation of the impending El Niño phenomenon in the country, the Quezon City government is taking steps to alleviate its effects following the convening of the QC Task Force El Niño. Spearheading the task force, City Assistant Administrator for Operations Alberto Kimpo has instructed concerned city government departments to implement measures to mitigate the […]

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CUA BATS FOR CREATION OF TASK FORCE ON GARBAGE

Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president Dax Cua called on the government to create a task force including local government units to address the country’s mounting waste problem. This, after the Commission on Audit found that only 29.25 percent or 478 of 1,634 LGUs in the country have access to sanitary landfills. […]