Summer is always associated with having high energy for much-awaited adventures and leisurely basking in the sun, but what’s lurking in the dark is the sting of skyrocketing electric bills as well as discontent of ‘tight power supply blues’ that could descend into worse scenarios of service...
Relief packs from the national government will be ferried by this United States Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft to the landslide victims in Maco, Davao de Oro on Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The death toll from the tragic landslide that struck Barangay Masara in...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – El Niño has destroyed 34.4 hectares of land planted to rice and affected 30 farmers in Barangay Evangelista, Tayug, Pangasinan. Department of Agriculture (DA)-Regional Field Unit 1 (Ilocos) Information Officer Vida Cacal said damaged rice plants were under booting...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Department of National Defense (DND) has cautioned...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has called on cyber experts from across the country to apply for government cybersecurity positions. Photo from Unsplash "We have long been calling attention to the significant challenge we face, which is the large disparity in...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform has granted more than 90,000 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) in the Davao region since President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assumed office in 2022. DAR-Davao chief Eugene P. Follante said they have issued 91,775 e-titles or CLOA to Agrarian...
After more than a month of relentless price hikes at the pumps, consumers can look forward to a financial breather next week as petroleum product prices will be on rollback, according to the industry players. Based on the initial 4-day calculation of the oil firms, the reduction for gasoline will...
Even though the compensation for the displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Saudi Arabia has slowly trickled, the government should still continuously pursue the claims of the remaining Filipinos, including those who worked in other countries, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on...
Despite the persistent El Niño in the early part of the year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured stable rice prices through June. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said on Thursday, Feb. 8, that the nation's rice supply for the first half of the year is secure,...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy is not dismissing the possibility that the cyberattacks launched over three weeks ago against government websites may be linked to the South China Sea dispute between the Philippines and China. DICT...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday, Feb. 8, has confirmed that China approached the Philippines to cooperate with the investigation against the recent thwarted cyberattack. DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy during the Presidential Communication Office (PCO)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday, Feb. 8 said one of its officials was bestowed with an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Award. Dr. Rico J. Cabangon, DOST Forest Products Research and Development Institute Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the...
