More than P2.7-million worth of relief assistance has been extended to the areas affected by severe tropical storm ‘Maring’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Thursday, Oct. 14. (DSWD Field Office 1 Facebook page) DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova said the relief...
Staycations in accredited hotels in Metro Manila are now allowed to accommodate guests following the decision of the government's pandemic task force to place the region under Alert Level 3 from Oct. 16 to 31. (Photo from Pixabay) Citing guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, Oct. 14 urged the government to reactivate the government’s fuel subsidy program, Pantawid Pasada Program, to provide relief to the public transport sector that would be affected by the recent oil price increases. Gatchalian said it is important to shield...
The damage brought by Tropical Storm ‘Maring’ that affected a total of 29,063 farmers and fishers, the Department of Agriculture disclosed on Thursday, Oct 14. The department, quoting initial report, added that the the onslaught of the weather disturbance also resulted in the loss of 36,354...
The country’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) said Wednesday, Oct. 13, the national immunization coverage was “still relatively low.” (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) VEP chairperson Dr. Nina Gloriani said as of Oct. 10, the Philippines has so far administered close to 50 million doses of coronavirus...
The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCIEERD) warmly welcomed Niñaliza Escorial as its new Deputy Executive Director. IMG_20211013_113046 The DOST-PCIEERD said Escorial, a registered chemical...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Oct. 13, that over 2,500 individuals or more than 700 families are currently staying in evacuation centers in Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and the National Capital Region (NCR). (DSWD-CAR) The DSWD...
Two senators on Wednesday, Oct. 13 expressed hope that the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) and the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) would finally return to normal operations as a specialized hospital despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During the hearing of the proposed budget of the...
The government was urged to prioritize the production of local food instead of relying more on importation amid staggering global food insecurity. Citing international and local data, agriculture lobby group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) sounded the alarm over the worsening food...
DOH The country announced 7,181 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections on Wednesday, Oct. 13the third straight day that the Department of Health (DOH) reported below 9,000 cases. Active cases are at 82,411 that represent 3.1 percent of the total case countwhich is currently at 2,690,455,...
The damage that severe tropical storm Maring has brought to the country’s agriculture sector has already ballooned to more than half a billion peso, but is likely to increase further since the Department of Agriculture (DA) is yet to fully assess the impact to farm production. Latest report from...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged parents to get their children immunized against various vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and polio. The DOH urged parents to coordinate with their respective local health centers for the schedule of the immunization activities....
