SHARAN, Afghanistan -- Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless. An Afghan child is treated inside a hospital in the city of Sharan...
NINE former NPA members receive cash assistance of P30,000 each from the provincial government of Negros Occidental in a ceremony at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, June 22. (Photo courtesy of 79th IB) BACOLOD CITY – Nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) received...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos underscored on Monday, June 20 the need to hasten the release of national identification cards (IDs) among Filipinos. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marcos, in an impromptu press briefing at the BBM headquarters in Mandaluyong City, said he finds the current level...
The government of Japan will donate ¥210 million or about P82.8 million to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to enhance the operation and maintenance capabilities of the latter's patrol vessels. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko (right) and Department of Foreign Affairs...
The Navotas City government resumed on Friday, June 3, the distribution of financial assistance to qualified solo parents through the Gender and Development (GAD) fund. Around 350 residents were able to renew their solo parent identification cards and received P2,000 each. “All Navoteño solo...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Some 6,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Benguet province are set to receive at least P29,342,000 worth of cash assistance and fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR). Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda The assistance is part of...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - - The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 1 had started the distribution of fuel subsidy and cash aid to farmers and fishermen following the Commission on Election’s issuance to the agency of the clearance from the election spending ban. DA Region 1 Director...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A group of farmers from Buguias town who trained in Japan are expected to contribute economically in the province after procuring a hauling truck and other farm mechanisms, with the Department of Agriculture providing the needed funds. Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda /...
Government agencies should develop their own mobile apps in order to make the distribution of aid or "ayuda" to the public easier. (Mehdi Lamaaffar/ Unsplash) Taguig-Pateros 1st district Representative and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano made this pitch Friday, April 29, saying that...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the "liberation" of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, demanding its trapped Ukrainian defenders be sealed into their underground last stand. The fate of the besieged port has become...
Continuing his visit to areas devastated by Tropical Depression Agaton, President Duterte on Black Saturday checked the condition of evacuees in Pontevedra, Capiz, and led the ceremonial distribution of relief goods and assistance there. President Duterte leads the distribution of assistance to...
President Duterte vowed that the government will continue providing food and shelter to all those affected by Tropical Depression Agaton, saying they do not even have to buy their own food "until the end of time" if they want to. President Duterte tends to the families affected by Tropical...
