Senator Sonny Angara said there are now over 2,000 Value Added Tax (VAT)-exempt drugs for the prevention and management of specific illnesses, including some of the most prevalent among the public. Standing to benefit from this development are Filipinos suffering from cancer, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, mental illness, high cholesteroland tuberculosis who will now have more medicines available to…
LEGAZPI CITY – Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Sarte Salceda has lauded the Albay Young Farmers Organization, Inc. (AYFO) for its groundbreaking achievement of being accredited as ‘first of its kind’ civil society youth organization (CSO) in the country. Salceda, who actively promoted and helped organize the AYFO has hailed the group’s significant contributions to…
The Department of Education (DepEd) recognized around 173 partner organizations including nonprofit, volunteer-powered group, I am MAD (Making A Difference) Volunteers Inc. for their support and intervention in the country’s basic education under its ‘MATATAG’ Agenda, February 20 at GSIS Theater, Pasay City. DepEd awarded I am MAD as one of the agency’s outstanding civil society organization partners…
“I BELIEVE that all we need is collaboration among government and private agencies to protect our rank and other members of the press, because the mechanisms are already in place.” Thus, said Nelson S. Santos, national president of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), in reference to the proposal of the Commission on…
THE Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) reminded the public and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that there are already existing and functioning mechanisms to protect the members of the press from any violation of their right to life, liberty, and security. “May I remind our good partners at the CHR that even…
The Marcos administration is continuously providing assistance to farmers affected by the El Niño phenomenon in Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and other regions. Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Joey Villarama, the spokesman for the Task Force El Nino, said there are almost 4,000 farmers affected by the dry spell in the two regions. “Mas qualitative po,…
DOST officially hands over the new sewing machine to the Damugu Weavers Association through its President, Irene Sinhayan (center) on Jan 12, 2024at San Rafael, Talakag, Bukidnon. The Department of Science and Technology turns over an industrial high-speed sewing machine to the Damugu Weavers Association, a group of IP women weavers in San Rafael, Talakag,…
Cong Flores together with PD Ritchie Mae Guno facilitated the ribbon cutting. Bukidnon Second Congressional District Representative Atty. Jonathan Keith Flores and the Department of Science and Technology have partnered to support projects in the production of fibers from pineapple leaves which are abundant in the province. Through this joint initiative, various equipment were turned…
By: Christian Dominic I. Casimiro The Department of Science and Technology Region 1 (DOST 1) together with the Local Government Unit (LGU) Alaminos, and Pangasinan State University (PSU) officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the implementation of the transformative Smart and Sustainable Communities Program (SSCP) for Alaminos City on February 7,…
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) trained cacao processors in Camiguin on Food Safety and current Good Manufacturing Practices. The two-day training was conducted on January 24-25, 2024 at Maslog, Balbagon, Mambajao. Eager to upskill employees directly involved in its daily processing, Mama Jita’s Food Processing enrolled 18 of its employees in the training,…
