The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) is set to inaugurate Thursday, July 1, the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) under the East Extension project. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) President...
A vacant lot abandoned by an Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) group in Oriental Mindoro is being transformed into a vegetable garden under the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) start-up farming project. IDLE NO MORE--A 5,000 -square meter vacant lot in Oriental Mindoro will be converted into a...
The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and the Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of their commitment to boost the country’s data science and analytics (DSA) ecosystem, the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that the first large-scale coral restoration project in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) Region has already started. Actual deployment and planting of coral fragments in coral nursery units (CNUs) with the support of...
CONCRETE layering starts for the high dam of the P11.2-billion megadam project in Iloilo. (JRMP-II) ILOILO CITY – The construction of a high dam that is part of an P11.2-billion project has started in Iloilo. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) confirmed that the first layer concrete...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is opposing a bulk water supply project in Quezon Province that was awarded to the consortium led by businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Water Integrated, Inc. through a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme. In a position paper submitted to Tiaong...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has reported the installation of a hydraulic ram pump in Floridablanca, Pampanga that seeks to benefit more than 250 families, mostly Aetas. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the project is jointly implemented by DOST...
The supposed inauguration of the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) on Tuesday, June 22, has been moved to next month, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) announced. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Monday, June 21, LRTA Administrator Reynaldo Berroya said...
The two additional stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) which extends the rail line further to Antipolo will finally start operation next week, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) "Yung...
The World Bank will provide additional financing and grant to increase rural incomes as well as enhance farm and fishery productivity in the targeted areas in the Philippines. In a statement, the Washington-based multilateral institution said on Friday, June 18, that it approved $280 million...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The first time I joined the President’s delegation — we were in Bicol region. Typhoon Nina, internationally known as Nock-ten, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on December 23, 2016. It intensified into a typhoon on December 24 and made...
Throughout the pandemic, we have witnessed a rise in bicycle usage—be it for leisure time or for practical purposes. Although, more often than not, the ones who really needed a bike are those who don’t have the capacity or privilege to acquire one. BeSeekLeta for Every Juan As a solution,...
