Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Department of Health (DOH) ought to seek and hire from a pool of over 120,000 licensed nurses who are believed to jobless, underemployed, or doing non-nursing jobs in order to address the shortage of nurses in Philippine government...
A total of 20 women-led social enterprises were selected for their innovative ideas and impactful initiatives during the 2023 Women-Helping-Women: Innovative Social Enterprises (WHWise) National Innovation Challenge - The Search for Innovative Entrepreneurs in the Regions who will be invited to...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Filipino rice farmers have been getting a "better deal" for their palay (unhusked rice) ever since President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. took over as Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. This was the claim of Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, as he shared farm gate...
BALLESTEROS, Cagayan – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has launched the development of salt industry project, also known as the "Oplan Asin: Pasiglahin, Sariling Ating Asin” in 2022 at Ballesteros, Cagayan on July 3-4, 2023. The project is...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro "Ted" Herbosa will instruct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to coordinate in tracking down scammers who use photos of social media personalities in fake advertisements of food and drug supplements....
The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) is set to introduce its new members and recognize various outstanding Filipino scientists for their significant scientific contributions to the country. The Department of Science and Technology - National Academy of Science and...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is advancing its plea for regulatory support -- primarily on the removal of caps and for the timely approval of its capital expenditure (capex) program, so it can inject much-needed investments for the massive-scale integration of...
More than 100,000 housing units will be delivered next year, Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar bared. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "In next year, sa tingin namin na may made-deliver na bahay talaga, more than a hundred thousand, by...
The Department of Health (DOH) gave an advisory on Monday, July 3, about its plan to reduce tuberculosis treatment duration from six months to four months by the third quarter of the year. "The World Health Organization recommended adopting a four-month treatment regimen, which is two months of...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) The Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) should improve their service first before implementing a fare hike. This was Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's simple retort to the train lines' administrators--the...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 423 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, July 2. This is the highest number of daily new cases in the past three days as per DOH's report. The total number of active cases is now at 6,925, which is a slight decrease from July 1's 6,945. Meanwhile, there was still no...
The auction of 11,600 megawatts of RE capacity scheduled this month will prove to be an "acid test" for the accelerated renewable energy (RE) development roadmap designed by the Marcos administration. The Department of Energy (DOE), which will administer the RE capacity tendering for the second...
