ILOILO CITY – Electric distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and major property developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SM Prime) have inked an agreement for stable power supply in this city. The signing of the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) last week was in response to the warning...
Through its "Pag-Abot Program," the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaches out to families, children, and individuals who are homeless and offers them vital interventions and support. (DSWD photo) Do you ever come across someone living on the streets in Metro Manila? Here's how...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has commended the filing of a Senate bill that aims to enhance and expedite its infrastructure investment prospects. In a statement, BCDA said it welcomed the recent filing of Senate Bill No. 2647, as it will facilitate affordable housing,...
SOGOD, Southern Leyte – Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap said his office has implemented livelihood programs in all 277 barangays in the second district of the province to address unemployment and poverty. BENEFICIARIES of the SOPWA livelihood project in Southern Leyte. (Photo via Marie...
President Marcos has urged electricity distribution utilities to tap the Anti Bill Shock Lending Program of the Land Bank of the Philippines to ensure that electricity rates are affordable. Marcos made the directive to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)....
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 2 urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to work with Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to procure modern private utility vehicles (PUVs). These PUVs, the senator said, can be leased to...
AFP chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner and PNP-DPCR director Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo lead the multi-sectoral outreach program at the Pag-asa Island, which is located in the West Philippine Sea. (photo: Metrobank Foundation) Residents of Pag-asa Island in Palawan were treated to free medical...
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is expecting at least 80 percent of passenger jeepneys nationwide to have complied after the April 30 deadline for their operators to consolidate into either a cooperative or a corporation. LTFRB chairperson Teofilo Guadiz III said...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded as "proactive measure" to address poverty President Marcos' recent directive to boost aid for street children and homeless individuals or families in need of urgent help. It cited the implementation of the "Pag-abot Program" which aims to evacuate...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Monday, April 29 called for greater participation of women in the government’s crafting of policies in climate change adaptation. Legarda made the call as the nation grapples with the extreme heat wave caused by the prevailing El Niño...
For Sen. Grace Poe, the continued conduct of transport strikes is an indication of a still unsettled issue in the transport sector. Activist groups together with jeepney drivers post placards during the first day of transport strike against the government's public utility vehicle (PUV)...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is calling on the Supreme Court (SC) to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program...