As the deadline set by the national government for the distribution of financial aid looms, the Parañaque City government said it will complete it before the end of this week. In a text message sent by City Administrator Ding Soriano, he said 80 percent of the city's beneficiaries have received...
True enough as they say, no act of kindness is too small. Youth residents of Angat, Bulacan have launched a “five-peso challenge” to sustain the community pantries that have been set up in various parts of the town. The Angat youth residents have set up their community pantry at the patio...
Apart from the global pandemic, other pressing issues that continue to concern people from all over the world are climate change and food security. While experts are looking for ways to solve these problems, some possible solutions can come from farming. Ramon Peñalosa, the proprietor of...
Malacañang on Tuesday, May 11, said it has yet to be determined whether there is community transmission of the Indian COVID-19 variant B.1.617 in the country to warrant the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble....
After Malabon and Quezon City, Marikina was the latest destination of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Swab Cab initiative in Metro Manila. The OVP kickstarted the mobile swab testing on Tuesday, May 11, in the communities of Marikina in a bid to test more people and give proper...
Aside from the 'floating pantries' that continuously help fishermen in some provinces, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has also set up community pantries for some residents and passengers in port and coastal area who were affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo courtesy of...
The government has tightened the community quarantine status of three provinces for the next two weeks in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Residents of Tondo, Manila receive food packs from local barangay officials and policemen in observance of Mother's Day on May 9, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/...
A resolution seeking to commend community pantry organizer Ana Patricia Non and other volunteers in the food bank initiative nationwide has been filed in the Senate on Monday, May 10. People line up at the community pantry set up by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non in Maginhawa Street, Quezon City....
The National Capital Region (NCR) Plus may shift to the more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ) by May 15 given the improving coronavirus situation and health care capacity, a Palace official said Monday, May 10. Senior citizens get food items at a community pantry organized by a labor...
Two Colombian farmers recently broke the Guinness World Record after growing a massive mango that weighs 9.36 pounds, taking the title of the world’s heaviest from a 7.57-pound mango grown in the Philippines in 2009. German Orlando Novoa Barrera and Reina Maria Marroquin, who grew the mango...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo does not agree with President Duterte’s order to arrest people who are not wearing their face masks. “I don’t understand why our default is to arrest people,” Robredo said in Filipino during her Sunday radio show. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo)...
Happy Mother’s Day to all the inays, nanay, mommies out there, those with their spouses, single moms, or orphaned mothers! There is no other station in life as fulfilling as being a mother. I enjoy my motherhood, thanks to my children and their father. I loved my mother who showed us how to be a...
