The Philippines has the highest disaster risk among 193 countries around the world in 2022, according to a global risk index. The WorldRiskIndex (WRI) measures countries' disaster risk from extreme natural events and the effects of climate change. It calculates each nation's exposure or the extent...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has turned over around P45 million worth of project which uses solar power in the irrigation system for farmers in Surigao del Norte. In a statement, NIA Caraga Regional Manager, June S. Plaza sad the project was turned over to the Sta. Paz Farmer...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, called on Congress to support the government’s housing initiatives, as well as for housing interest support, by including them in the national budget in the coming years. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (center), joined by (from...
DAVAO CITY – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is not involved in the proposed construction of the waste-to-energy (WTE) project of the Davao City government contrary to claims made by various groups here, the agency’s executive said. In a statement dated Jan. 26, Ide Soichiro,...
Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia reiterated on Friday, Jan. 27 his warning to qualified voters not to intentionally register multiple times to avoid the possible penalty of 1 to 6 years of imprisonment. New registrants flock to the Comelec office in Arroceros, Manila...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is doing a dry run of the improved Active Transport Project along EDSA as part of its Active Transport Infrastructure Improvement Program after getting the green light from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) this week. The dry run will...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is encouraging researchers and scientists to submit their proposals for 2025 via the DOST Project Management Information System (DPMIS) from May 1 to May 31, 2023. DOST Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. delivers the Keynote Speech during the kickoff event...
Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings, Inc. (SP) is opening up subsidiary SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) to more strategic partners as it is planning private placements worth about P2.7 billion through asset-for-share swaps. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, SP said the...
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) Undersecretary Elpidio R. Jordan Jr. said that he wants to include "backyard fishponds" in the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)'s "Halina’t Magtanim ng Prutas at Gulay (HAPAG) sa Barangay" project. Courtesy of Presidential...
CEBU CITY – A local government unit (LGU) in Bohol province has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop its neighboring town from extracting water from a spring located in its territory. Sevilla town Mayor Juliet Dano wrote DENR Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for holding what he described as "the best election in the world" during the May 9, 2022 national polls. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Romualdez gave...
DAVAO CITY – The 5.013-billion yen or P2.052-billion donation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2018 for the construction of a waste-to-energy project in Davao City is still available, First District Councilor Temujin “Tek” Ocampo said. In an interview, Ocampo said that...
