The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Monday, Nov. 3 reinforced government efforts to uphold integrity in public construction by adopting satellite-based oversight to verify infrastructure progress nationwide and curb “ghost” projects....
BACOLOD CITY – This city and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have established a Community-Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) to strengthen local disaster preparedness and response. Mayor Greg Gasataya and DOST Secretary Dr. Renato Solidum Jr. formalized the partnership...
CEBU CITY – Authorities in Central Visayas took a crucial step towards achieving a peaceful and fair election in May by opening the Regional Election Monitoring Action Center (REMEC) here on Thursday, Jan. 9. THE Regional Election Monitoring Action Center at the Police Regional Office-Central...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that prices of “Undas” products like candles and bottled water are stable across Western Visayas. CANDLES sold in a store for ‘Undas’ in Iloilo City on Thursday, Oct. 31. (Tara Yap) “Our monitoring results show a...
As natural disasters displace Filipinos the most compared to their neighbors in the region, multilateral lenders enjoin quick aid and response to calamity victims to prevent them from sliding into poverty. "The Philippines is, by far, the country most affected in Southeast Asia, with nearly 43...
(Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA BULLETIN) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is prodding the Department of Agriculture (DA) to intensify its price monitoring on basic commodities, as well as to set suggested retail prices (SRP) on such goods. ...
Senator Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, joined the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) headed by Secretary Alfredo Pascual in a price monitoring activity of Noche Buena items in one of the grocery stores in Divisoria market in Manila....
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) has activated its Election Monitoring Center (EMC) at its headquarters in Camp Lapu-Lapu here. The EMC will boost Viscom’s monitoring on the deployment of security forces in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections and other...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has confirmed that data in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), the Civil Registry System, and more than 100 other surveys and censuses are safe and unaffected. In a statement, the PSA said on Friday, Oct. 13, that personal details such as...
A technology developed by a university that monitors crop production data can be utilized in formulating policy recommendations on inflation, the National Economic and Development Authority said. The Project SARAI, or the Smarter Approaches to Reinvigorate Agriculture as an Industry in the...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said prices and supply of basic manufactured goods in supermarkets have remained stable as he kickstarted the agency’s price monitoring and inspection efforts with more vigor this 2023. Pascual went on his first “Ikot Palengke” for the year on...
The Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) price monitoring and enforcement teams now include red onions in their regular inspection of items covered by the suggested retail prices (SRP). DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual fielded the agency's price monitoring teams beginning on Dec. 30, 2022 to...
