DSWD asks DBM for replenishment of P875 million in Quick Response Funds

QUEZON CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the immediate replenishment of its Quick Response Funds (QRF) to ensure the welfare agency’s unhampered disaster response. DSWD spokesperson and Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said they need the timely…

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DOST R02 conducts SalikLakbay in Search for GIs

Cabarroguis, Quirino – DOST Region 02 thru the Provincial Science and Technology Office Quirino searches Grass Innovations for GRIND Project in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Cabarroguis. Ms. Rowena Guzman, Science Research Specialist II and GRIND focal person discussed the GRIND PROGRAM to processors and manufactures from the 17 barangays of Cabarroguis. The…

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๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐ˆ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐’๐€๐…๐„๐–๐€๐“๐‘๐’ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง

To provide a reliable emergency potable water system, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region I, through its Provincial Science and Technology Office (PSTO) Pangasinan, in collaboration with DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI), deployed SAFEWATRS Technology on October 2-3, 2024 at the Community Empowerment thru Science & Technology (CEST) Program beneficiary in Brgy. Luna…

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PBBM delivers nearly P110-M aid to Kristine victims in Batangas

MANILA — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. distributed P 109,780,000 in government aid on Monday, Nov. 4, to victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine victims in Batangas. In his speech during the distribution of assistance to farmers and fisherfolk in Laurel, President Marcos said six municipalities in Batangas – Talisay, Laurel, Agoncillo, Cuenca, Lemery, and…

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Metro Manila LGUs to observe National Mourning for Kristine victims with half-mast flags

MANILA, — In solidarity with the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared November 4, 2024, as a Day of National Mourning. Following this proclamation, the 17 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila will raise their flags at half-mast on Monday to honor those who lost their lives in…

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