Land Bank of the Philippines is offering its "anti-bill shock" credit facility to distribution utilities (DUs) in the power industry to help them cushion the impact of surging electricity rates during the summer months. As conveyed to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), the credit facility...
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has committed his support for the Philippine military modernization efforts as Prague sees Manila as among the countries "very important" to become its partner. In a speech made after his two-day stay in Manila that included a meeting with President Ferdinand...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured the people of Oriental Mindoro that his administration was looking into the long-term rehabilitation of the province and that he wanted them to have new sources of income and livelihood. *President Marcos leads the distribution of various...
Residents of Benguet may conveniently avail of the Professional Regulation Commission’s (PRC) services as the agency is set to mount an outreach program in the area on April 18. In order to further bring its services closer to Filipinos, PRC on Thursday, April 13, said it will be mounting a mobile...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Kabataan Party-list) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is challenging the veracity of the Pulse Asia survey results which indicated that a whopping 80 percent of Filipinos favored the return of mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for college...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) should seriously consider carrying out a a nationwide immunization drive on hogs to contain the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF). Thus, said Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte amid fears that the latest ASF surge in the country...
BACOLOD CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) is eyeing to immunize more than 100,000 children here against polio, measles, and rubella. The CHO and the Department of Health (DOH) have encouraged the people to prioritize the immunization of their children from vaccine preventable diseases through...
Government agencies are being urged to find remedies that could help cushion the oil price impact on consumers, especially the public transport sector, as petroleum products are anticipated to go back to their upward price trend. Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian, noted...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A month-long Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine (MR-OPV) Supplemental Immunization Activity will be conducted starting May 1 here to improve the immunization rate after many eligible children missed their routine inoculation because of the pandemic. Data of routine...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has secured additional 56 megawatt capacity commitments from Ayala Property Management Corporation (APMC), which will be utilizing its own generating assets for its power needs when necessary. In a statement to the media, Meralco said it has...
Officials of some banks and financial institutions met with Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion to explore ways to ease access to capital for the country's small farmers under the Kapatid Angat Lahat Agri Program (KALAP). This came days after the so-called "big-brother" companies and government...
Indigenous people in Pampanga have benefitted from the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s five-day information and digital literacy training held in March. As part of its goal to end the digital divide, DICT has conducted another digital literacy training. This time, it was...
