A rice vendor at Paco Market in Manila (Photo by Arnold Quizol/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided cash assistance to at least 19,000 sari-sari store owners and micro rice retailers nationwide. As of Oct. 2, the DSWD distributed P286.26...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is eyeing full online transactions for all its services before the end of this month as part of the goal of the Marcos administration to go digital in all government transactions. From driver’s license to car registration, LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said the...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman continues to lecture former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Adolf Azcuna about what Congress can and cannot do to the proposed national budget. Lagman,...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) and US digital communications firm Cisco have cemented a tie-up for digital tool application that will aid the Marcos administration’s goal of pursuing 100% electrification of all households nationwide. The partnership, which is...
DAVAO CITY – Over 900 undernourished students benefited from the first School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Mati City, Davao Oriental, on Friday, September 29. With the theme: “Kusina ni Nanay, Alagang MATIbay,” City Mayor’s Office technical staff...
The percentage of household electrification rate or the number of houses with access to electricity has decreased across the country, officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) told senators on Friday, September 29. According to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla, the number of households...
Students of Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila on Aug. 29, 2023, the first day of School Year 2023-2024. (ARNOLD QUIZOL / MANILA BULLETIN) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Thursday, Sept, 28 that 50 percent of adult Filipinos are dissatisfied with the K to 12 Basic...
President Marcos has called on Filipinos to be part of the fight against illegal drugs, urging them to report drug-related activities and support rehabilitation efforts. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) While rehabilitation continues to be the government's...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has defended the constitutionality of the House-approved 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) in relation to the planned realignment of confidential...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government aims to plant one million trees until June 2024 under an environmental rehabilitation project of the province. Gov. Ramon V. Guico III reiterated his call to Pangasinenses to be part in greening the environment under the Pangasinan Green...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has confirmed that the Marcos administration plans to provide a cash subsidy of P15,000 to farmers that may be severely affected by El Niño. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the agency is in talks with the Department of Agriculture (DA) for...
Mayor Eric Olivarez/Photo from Public Information Office Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and their allies (LGBTQA) community, solo parents, and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) stand to benefit from the livelihood program of Senator Allan...
