Intensive care unit (ICU) beds and cold storage facilities for COVID-19 vaccines amounting to P6.9 million were donated to several areas in Mindanao by the government of United States (US). (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) In a statement, the US Embassy in the Philippines said...
European Union (EU) Ambassador Luc Véron will visit the EU development and humanitarian projects and engage with local interlocutors in Central and Northern Mindanao from November 15 to 19. The European Union flag (Photo by Christian Lue/ Unsplash) In a statement, Véron said that his visit is a...
The House Committees on Government Enterprises and Privatization, and Basic Education and Culture has approved the "Traditional Arts in Mindanao and Sulu" bill on Thursday, November 11. House Bill No. 1580 primarily proposes the creation of the Institute of Sulu and Mindanao Traditional Arts or...
Before fake news factories start churning out their produce for social media consumption, the public should be advised that the recent meeting in Malacañang between President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao zeroed in on just one topic - projects for Mindanao’s progress. President...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chapters in Visayas and Mindanao regions are on watch after a recent bulletin released by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned that some bodies of water in eight provinces are still positive for Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) or toxic red tide,...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has affirmed its commitment to work with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). During the 1st BARMM Planner's Congress, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said NEDA will continue supporting the BARMM...
The University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB) posted a 100 percent passing rate in the October 2021 Chemist Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission announced. (Photo from uplb.edu.ph) Meanwhile, the Adamson University, UPLB, and Mindanao State University - Marawi...
The second phase of a three-year project on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory of the entire production chain of industrial tree plantation (ITP) in Mindanao is underway, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of the Panguil Bay Bridge Project in Northern Mindanao. The construction of the bridge, which is 3.169 kilometers long, began by putting bored piles for the piers and abutments, according to DPWH Secretary Roger G....
Lt. Gen. Greg Almirol, commander of the Philippine Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), branded as “lies” the claim of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris,” the slain spokesperson of the New People’s Army (NPA), was allegedly killed in...
Economic, tourism, and employment opportunities in the province of Camiguin are expected to improve as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 22, the upgraded Camiguin Airport. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade led the...
Camiguin, reffered to as the "Island Born of Fire," is now preparing to welcome tourists back on its shores next week — the province's first time opening since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Camiguin Island (Photo from Camiguin Tourism Office) In time with its...
