A total of 3,680 families in Butuan City who were heavily affected by flooding last January received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, March 18. The financial assistance payout was spearheaded by DSWD Field Office CARAGA under its Assistance to...
Tuberculosis (TB) is still considered a “public health problem” in the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Citing data from the World Health Organization (WHO), about 700,000 people in the country develop tuberculosis each year, said DOH Disease Prevention and Control...
Work and leisure travels will come easier in the pockets of consumers next week, as domestic pump prices will be on hefty rollback by Tuesday (March 21), based on the estimates of the oil companies. As calculated by the industry players, the price of diesel products will be slashed by P1.80 to P2.20...
The energy subsidiaries of diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) have terminated two power supply agreements (PSAs) with utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco), crashing hopes of at least 1,800 megawatts in critical power capacity additions by next year until 2025. In an...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing the acceleration of electric vehicles (EVs) rollout that will top 6.3 million by 2040; and that shall account for half of all vehicles plying Philippine thoroughfares by then, versus those powered by internal combustion engines. The advancement of electric...
The spread of text scams will be drastically reduced once the SIM Registration law is “fully implemented,” said Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo on Friday, March 17. In a “Laging Handa” public briefing, Lamentillo said the...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) listed rice, vegetables, and meat as the top three most wasted foods among Filipino households. According to DOST-FNRI, this was based on the study they conducted called “Does plate waste matter?: A...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it has lined up several initiatives aimed at achieving open government and ensuring fiscal transparency. In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said she is supporting the promotion of open governance and fiscal transparency, which is...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture in Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) distributed cash assistance to over 2,100 farmers in Northern Samar from March 15 to 16. Beneficiaries from the municipalities of San Roque, Bobon, Silvino Lobos, Mapanas, and Victoria were given P5,000 each. The money was...
The Department of Finance (DOF) reported that the national government posted a budget surplus in the first-month of the year owing to robust revenue collection and weak public spending. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said on Friday, March 17, that the government fiscal surplus reached P45.75...
Out of 900 competing entries for this year’s competition, the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) Cybersecurity Education Program emerged as one of the most outstanding ICT projects at the World Summit on Information Society Prizes. The winning project called...
Aside from the surging prices of agricultural goods, structural matters were identified by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. as among the challenges faced by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in its mission to ensure food security in the country. Marcos, who heads the DA in a concurrent...
