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RICE RETAILERS SAY GOV’T CASH AID COULD HELP THEM WEATHER EFFECTS OF EO 39
The cash aid being provided by the government to rice retailers would greatly help small businesses overcome the effects of Executive Order (EO) No. 39 while the country awaits the palay harvest season, rice retailers said Monday. This developed as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) began the payout of Sustainable Livelihood Program…
Panawagan sa Pagdodokumento ng Wika, bukás na!
Ano ang estado ng wikang Mamanwa?Saang mga dominyo ginagamit ang wikang Kuyunon?Bakit umuunti ang gumagamit ng wikang Irungdungan?Paano nagagamit sa edukasyon ang wikang Hamtikanon?Ilan lámang ito sa napakaraming tanong hinggil sa mga wikang katutubo ng Pilipinas nanais tugunan ng proyektong Dokumentasyon ng mga Wika at Kultura.Dahil dito, inaanyayahan ang mga mananaliksik na nása larang ng…
PALAY, RICE PRICES TO STABILIZE AS MAIN HARVEST STARTS – DA
Prices of palay and rice are expected to stabilize as thousands of farmers start to harvest their main season crop this September and October. By the end of September, initial palay harvest is expected to reach 2 million metric tons (MMT), and in October up to 3 MMT, totalling 5 MMT, based on estimates by…
DSWD: OVER 400 RICE RETAILERS RECEIVED PBBM’S CASH GRANTS
More than 400 rice retailers from six areas in the Philippines affected by rice price caps have already received a cash grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) amounting to at least P7.5 million. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said that they have already distributed cash grants to 474 small and micro rice…
PBBM: EO NO. 39 IMPLEMENTATION, ENFORCEMENT GOING WELL
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday that the implementation and enforcement of the mandated price caps on rice is going well as expected, based on reports by the implementing agencies of the Executive Order (EO) No. 39 during a sectoral meeting. “We just had a meeting about that this morning and, so far,…
PBBM closely monitors condition of Hawaii wildfire-stricken Filipinos
MANILA — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is closely monitoring the condition of the Filipinos amid the ongoing wildfire in Hawaii with the help of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). In his official X account, President Marcos said that the government, through the DFA and the DMW,…
PH, ETHIOPIA AGREE TO COOPERATE ON TRADE, TECHNOLOGY, MANILA-ADDIS ABABA AIR LINKAGE
Africa positioning itself as an emerging major economy has brought global excitement, and the Philippines could seize the opportunity by forging stronger partnership with Ethiopia, one of the region’s major economies, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday. “I think the whole world is very excited about — how most of Africa is positioned…
Dangal Bantayog ng Katatagan Awards
Dangal Bantayog ng Katatagan Awards. Department of Science and Technology secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. (Center) is among the recipients of the Dangal Bantayog ng Katatagan awarded by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in partnership with the Office of the Civil Defense in recognition of his exceptional dedication and leadership towards the realization…
DOST, PEZA SIGN JOINT MEMO CIRCULAR TO ESTABLISH K.I.S.T ECOZONES
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) signed a joint Memorandum Circular on Thursday, Aug. 3, to forge a partnership for the establishment of Knowledge, Innovation and Science Technology (KIST) Parks or Ecozones. The event took place at the OSEC Conference Room at the DOST main building with…
MALACAÑANG ANNOUNCES BRAWNER AS NEXT AFP CHIEF
Malacañang, through the Presidential Communications Office, announced on Wednesday that Lieutenant General Romeo Brawner will be the next Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and will take the place of General Andres Centino who was re-appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the said post earlier this year. Centino will be…