The new coronavirus variant called Omicron XE has not yet been detected in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, April 13. COVID-19 virus "As of the moment there are no results yet from the latest sequencing run of April. However, as of the latest run, we have yet to detect...
A group of education workers said that the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office should be ultimately responsible and accountable for the “problematic” senior high school module referencing Vice President Leni Robredo. DepEd Central Office (Photo from DepEd) “Our teachers, while it...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has appointed 958 local treasury executives in the past five years to improve the fiscal position of the local government units (LGUs). In a statement released by the Department of Finance (DOF) on Wednesday, April 13, it said that Dominguez’s...
The Las Pinas City Tourism Office was recognized by the Department of Tourism (DOT) for its continued support and dedicated service to Philippine tourism. Mayor Imelda Aguilar thanked DOT Regional Director Sharlene Zabala-Batin for giving a plaque of recognition to the City Tourism Office headed by...
Updating the country’s property valuation system is the correct way to impose a so-called “wealth tax” that local government units (LGUs) can impose on affluent individuals, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Monday, April 11, that LGUs can...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), in coordination with the Pasay City local government, conducted "Passport on Wheels" on Monday (April 11) at the Cuneta Astrodome. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the mobile passport renewal/application program is open to all residents who wish to apply or...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday urged the government to heed the local Filipino farmers call and refrain from importing agricultural products if it would hurt them. Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, made the call after the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)...
Ever heard a black garlic-flavored ice cream? Black Garlic Ice Cream (Photo from DOST-PCAARRD) This is just one of the paths that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) looks to take with the prospering garlic and agri-food condiments industry under the Niche Centers in the Regions for...
Mobile application Remote Online Surveillance for Banana (ROSANNA), a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) allows for a more seamless means to monitor a banana plantation with its mobile agricultural disease surveillance system capable of gathering and disseminating...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The regional office of the Department of Agriculture here is doubling its efforts in assisting onion growers by inking an agreement with private storage facilities and a supermarket chain to address the problem of overproduction of onions that practically leads to...
PH calls for new areas of cooperation in ASEAN By Chino S. Leyco Southeast Asian countries are urged to explore new avenues for cooperation to enable the region to collectively contain the economic fallout from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Collective and urgent action is...
A group of teachers on Sunday, April 10, appealed to Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones to halt the implementation of a new policy on work arrangement. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a Facebook post by its national chairperson Benjo...
