While power interruptions are often blamed for alleged cheating every elections, the Department of Energy (DOE) has not given any assurance that rotating blackouts will not happen in the May 2022 polls. When Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, who is also the president of the Duterte-chaired...
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Brother John Castriciones admitted that it would be a challenge for them to deliver housing units to at least 600,000 farmer beneficiaries by the end of the Duterte administration but ensured that many will still benefit from it. Department of Agrarian...
About 229,000 hectares of land have been distributed to farmers under the government's agrarian reform program, Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones said. LAND OWNERS, FINALLY -- Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu province finally receive their own farmlands during...
The mission to realize a 12-minute travel time between the business hubs in the cities of Taguig and Pasig continues as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is looking to complete the entire BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road by the third quarter of the year. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH)...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has urged the new batch of the Philippine Association of School Superintendents (PASS) to lead with courage and face the challenges hounding the education sector so as to prepare the learners amid the uncertainties brought about by the coronavirus disease...
On instructions of President Duterte, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday handed over the diplomatic note recalling the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) to United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III after the US have addressed “with good faith” issues...
The United States Embassy on Friday welcomed the decision of President Duterte’s decision to retract the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). United States Embassy in Manila “We strongly believe that the VFA, and the broader alliance that the VFA enables, strengthens not only the...
A five-kilometer diversion road traversing Rosales, Pangasinan will soon be accessible to motorists headed to other parts of eastern Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Vizcaya. NEW LINKAGE--A five-kilometer diversion road in Pangasinan dubbed the Carmen East-West Diversion Road will soon offer a...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said cash aid and accelerated vaccination program would help in partly reversing the negative impact of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on the economy. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said Friday, July 30, that...
The Philippines and United States have agreed to bolster cooperation in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, illegal drugs and other transnational crimes, and promoting trade and investments. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III with a fist bump during his...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has asked members of Congress and policymakers to promote healthy choices among Filipinos learners by institutionalizing strong and comprehensive tobacco control policies. Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The appeal...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez insisted that the national government isn't belittling the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite its decision to not budge from the current general community quarantine (GCQ). Department of Trade...
