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EIGHT OFWS SET TO LEAVE WAR-TORN ISRAEL ON OCT. 16 – DFA
At least eight overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are set to leave Israel on October 16 as part of the efforts of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to bring them to safety amid the ongoing conflict. In a press briefing in Malacañang on Friday, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega…
ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT HAS NOT AFFECTED PH ECONOMY, SAYS NEDA CHIEF
The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict will not have any immediate impact on the Philippine economy and the country is not bracing for any effect at this time, the government’s socioeconomic planning secretary said on Friday. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan made the remark during a press briefing in Malacañang about the possible…
REPATRIATION OF FILIPINOS IN ISRAEL IS PBBM’S IMMEDIATE CONCERN – DFA
The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is now exhausting all remedies available to start the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and the Filipino community amid the ongoing conflict between the Israeli forces and the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. In a Malacañang briefing on Friday, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo De…
NEDA BOARD APPROVES PHP269.7-BILLION HIGH-IMPACT INFRA PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH, TRANSPORT, GREEN ECONOMY
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., approved during its 10th meeting high-impact programs and projects amounting to approximately Pph269.7 billion, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan announced on Friday. “With these approved projects, the Marcos administration reaffirms its commitment to aggressively advance infrastructure development to attain…
REGULAR HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL NON-WORKING DAYS FOR 2024 BARED
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has identified the regular holidays and special non-working days for the year 2024. In Proclamation No. 368 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin on October 11, it stated that the Department of Labor and Employment shall implement the guidelines for the proclamation. The proclamation shall take effect immediately and…
A ‘MUST’ Scientific Permits underscore in a NAST-facilitated policy dialogue
The National Academy of Science and Technology of The Philippines (NAST-PHL)-Agricultural Sciences Division facilitated a policy talk on the issuance of scientific permits in the Philippines on 26 September 2023, at the Acacia Hotel Alabang, Muntinlupa City and via FB and Zoom meeting livestreams. With the theme “Kailangan ba ng Scientific Permit? Kailan? Paano? At…
PAMIL teams up with DOST-STII to promote S&T media literacy and science communication training
The Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL) pledged to collaborate with the DOST-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) in strengthening the S&T information in the country during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) held at the DOST-STII building in Taguig City, on 09 October 2023. The partnership aims to support DOST-STII’s…
MORE INDUSTRIALIZED AGRI FACILITIES TO ENSURE POULTRY SUPPLY DURING HOLIDAYS, PEAK SEASON – PBBM
While the holidays and peak season mean increased prices of commodities due to surge of demand, consumers will no longer have to worry about the supply for poultry products and disparity in prices should more industrialized agricultural facilities be constructed nationwide. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said this in response to the perennial concern on skyrocketing…
PBBM: MODERNIZATION WAY FORWARD FOR PH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. highlighted on Thursday the need for the country’s agricultural sector to step up and be at par with international standards, saying agricultural modernization is the way forward for the sector. In his speech during the inauguration of San Miguel Corp.’s World-Class Controlled-Climate Magnolia Poultry Farm in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur,…
PBBM-INITIATED MODERN CHICKEN FARM, A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS ENSURING PH’S SUFFICIENT FOOD SUPPLY
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has inaugurated San Miguel Corp.’s World-Class Controlled-Climate Magnolia Poultry Farm in Davao del Sur, which is seen to help ensure food security in the country. “Of the sectors I have mentioned, we put a high premium on investments in agriculture, as it is the key to combating hunger and poverty,…