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…
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A Solidarity Pact Signing for the 2025 National and Local Election (NLE) and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Election was held at the Police Regional Office 4B (PRO-4B) RHQ Building in Camp Navarro here on Wednesday. The event was attended by regional election director of Comelec Region…
Filipina prisoners or persons deprived of liberty (PDL) for certain reasons have admitted they truly enjoyed the recent dance workshop for them organized and jointly sponsored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Irish Embassy in the Manila. The dance workshop was held at the Correctional Institution for Women compound in Mandaluyong City. It…
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has belied a video report quoting its chief, who was wrongly identified as a Marine general, announcing the arrival in the country of military equipment allegedly from the United States and France to be used in this year’s Philippines-US “Balikatan” exercises. “The OCD learned that a video was published online, reporting the ‘arrival of military equipment from the United…
The Philippine government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have recently signed the JPY17.4-billion (US$130 million) Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 Rehabilitation Project (II) loan agreement. The aaccord was signed by Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno and JICA chief representative in the Philippines Sakamoto Takema at the DOF office in Manila. The rehabilitation includes provisions for capacity expansion including rolling…
Residents of Manila and other parts of the National Capital Region will soon have a portion of the northbound and southbound lanes of Roxas Boulevard car-free for their walking, jogging, running, and biking exercises on Sundays from 5 am to 9 am. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna signed on Monday morning of May 13, Ordinance No….
MANILA – Domestic diesel prices are seen to decline by as much as P3.20 per liter next week resulting from the easing worries over the Russia-Ukraine war since the US seems firm on hammering out a peace deal. Citing price movements as of Thursday, Jetti Petroleum president Leo Bellas said diesel prices may be rolled back…
As the next host of the National Science and Technology Week 2026, the Department of Science and Technology SOCCSKSARGEN joined the preparatory meeting held on March 6, 2026 at the DOST Main Building, Bicutan, Taguig City. The meeting was led by Undersecretary for Regional Operations Engr. Sancho A. Mabborang and Host Region Regional Director Engr….
The House of Representatives is set to approve two more Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) priority bills on final reading this week before the 19th Congress adjourns sine die its first regular session on June 2. The bills are the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act and Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act that would bring to 33 the total…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has declared October 10 to 16 of every year as “Linggo ng Lupong Tagapamayapa” in a bid to increase public awareness of the barangay officials’ role in maintaining peace and order in the community. “There is a need to increase public awareness on the functions of the Lupong Tagapamayapa, and…
