House deputy minority leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday, July 17, vowed that the Bayan Muna and the rest of the Makabayan bloc would oppose and block the additional P40 billion Barangay Development fund (BDF) that the National Task Force to End Local...
The country’s indigenous berries as potential functional foods against non-communicable diseases is now being explored under the two projects supported by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD). (PIXABY) DOST Secretary...
Various development projects worth P40 million were launched by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in two barangays in Ilocos Sur on Friday, July 16. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (second from right), vice chairman of the National Task Force...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, July 16, that it is not worried about Senator Manny Pacquiao’s filing of a resolution seeking to look into the supposed questionable disbursement of P10.4 billion worth of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds. DSWD's manual...
A total of 151 local government units have rallied behind the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social reintegration program for recovering persons who use drugs (RPWUDs). (Screenshot from DSWD website) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista cited the LGUs’ support to...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, July 15 assured the public that the implementation of the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS VP) will continue in School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Photo taken in Signal Village National High School, Taguig City on June 3, 2019 / DepEd Public Affairs...
Over 20.8 million beneficiaries have benefited from the government’s social amelioration initiatives, receiving financial assistance worth about P220.7 billion under the Bayanihan laws, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Wednesday, July 14. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
The Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) has vowed to continue empowering elementary, high school and college students through its Invent School Program or ISP amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (DOST Facebook page) The...
Quezon City has breached the one million mark in terms of total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. The local government on Wednesday announced that as of July 13, a total of 1,013,988 vaccine doses were already administered, 686,311 of which were first dose while 327,677 were second...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed Wednesday, July 14, that it will improve the implementation of its modernization program after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the military over 41 projects worth P6.8 billion that remain unfinished within the contract period. Multiple military...
For some policemen especially those who fall under the obese description, weight reduction as a mandatory policy for promotion was ill-timed and discriminatory. The voluminous request letter and even a legal action from the ‘discriminated’ cops forced the Directorate for Personnel Records and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are conducting an impact evaluation survey that seeks to determine the employability of the country’s Senior High School (SHS) graduates. (DepEd Facebook page) DepEd said the survey on “Impact Evaluation...