With urban gardening taking cities by storm, more people are realizing the importance of giving back to the environment and the potential of food waste as natural inputs. One common practice for people who want to lessen the amount of food waste in the environment is composting or the natural...
The Korean community in the Philippines with the help of barangay leaders and volunteers got together and held a community pantry at the Manila Korea Town in Malate Saturday. The Korean Embassy in the Philippines is supporting Manila Korea Town’s commitment to build a community of “bayanihan”...
Malacañang said the quarantine classification of Metro Manila and nearby provinces will still depend on the criteria set by the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic task force and that no crystal ball can tell otherwise. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
Mark Dexter Iglesias is an entrepreneur and the owner of Iglesias Farms in Malvar, Batangas. But he didn’t always expect to play an active role in agriculture. He didn’t even plan to take a degree in Agribusiness Management. But since life works in mysterious ways, he was eventually set on that...
Children listen to their online class. The Philippines has been implementing blended learning program as schools remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (MANNY LLANES/MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded parents that they still need to supervise their children to...
The Parañaque City government has received donations of sacks of rice and noodles from the city's South Korean Community Association on July 8. Mayor Edwin Olivarez thanked the South Korean Community Association for its help to the city government in this time of pandemic. Olivarez said he was...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed Wednesday, July 7, that 99 percent of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) funds intended for 822 barangays cleared of communist terrorist groups (CTG) has been released to the localities as of June 30, 2021. DILG Secretary...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez received 100,000 syringe donations intended for the city government's vaccination program from a South Korean community in the city. Olivarez thanked the COSMO Medical and the South Korean community for their syringe donation. During the turnover ceremony,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will be part of the establishment of an “iron fortified" rice processing plant in Laoang, Northern Samar to address the high incidence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in the province. Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom...
To help its employees who need assistance, the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office has set up a simple community pantry inside its complex in Pasig City. DepEd conducts Bayanihan Community Pantry for employees (Photo from DepEd) DepEd on Friday, July 2, said that the community pantry was...
Malacañang has announced the final community quarantine classifications for the month of July, placing 20 areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and 30 others under the general community quarantine (GCQ). Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in line after...
The syrphid fly, also called hoverfly, is being considered a tiny bee impostor, and it may also be a big help to some gardens and farms. New research from Washington State University found that out of more than 2,400 pollinator visits to flowers at urban and rural farms, 35 percent were made...
