NIne barangays in Valencia City in Bukidnon will be receiving P20 million each in the form of upgrading of farm-to-market roads under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the national government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. They were Barangays...
A total of P62,376,591.14 worth of confiscated dangerous drugs in Central Visayas have been destroyed in Cebu City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday, Oct. 15. PDEA photo PDEA Regional Office VII Director Levi Ortiz led the destruction of the confiscated illegal drugs on...
Staycations in accredited hotels in Metro Manila are now allowed to accommodate guests following the decision of the government's pandemic task force to place the region under Alert Level 3 from Oct. 16 to 31. (Photo from Pixabay) Citing guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) All areas in Metro Manila are now at “moderate-risk” classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Oct. 14. In its latest monitoring report, OCTA said the COVID-19 reproduction number in the National Capital Region (NCR),...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the local police arrested a Nigerian who yielded more than P27 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Bacoor, Cavite on Tuesday night, Oct. 12. In a report to PDEA Director General Wilkins M Villanueva, PDEA-4A Regional Director...
Department of Health Metro Manila may see a significant decrease in the number of daily and active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases by the end of the month if the region will remain under Alert Level 4, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Oct. 11. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Recalibrated tourism products focusing on faith, food, art, adventure, and nature are set to be developed in Rizal as part of efforts to revive the tourism industry in the province and in the entire CALABARZON region. Campsite and farm in Antipolo, Rizal. (Photo from When In Rizal Facebook Page)...
The national government is looking at including additional programs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the proposed 2023 national budget, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. During a recent Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB) meeting, key officials of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the local government units (LGUs) urged local officials in Davao and Bangsamoro Autonomous regions to send their representatives to the virtual meet in the 22nd Philippine National Immunization Conference (PNIC) on Nov. 10 and 12...
Meet the new regional director of Department of Tourism Region VI TRAVEL IN GOOD HANDS The new regional director, Cristine Mansinares, at the Iloilo Esplanade (Photo by the author) The Department of Tourism (DOT) Western Visayas has a new regional director (RD), Cristine Mansinares, and she’s...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) officially launched Friday, Oct. 1, its “redesigned and improved” Safe, Swift and Smart Travel Management System or S-PaSS, as well as its S-PaSS mobile app to provide better user experience to travelers and local government unit (LGU) users....
Combined operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the local police seized P3.4 million worth of shabu following the arrest of two drug peddlers on Tuesday, Sept. 28 in a buy-bust operation in Pasig City. PDEA-3 Regional Director Bryan Babang identified the suspects as John...
