The country risks pushing 1.3 million more people into poverty as an energy crisis and record-high fuel prices threaten to drive the national poverty rate to 14.4 percent, the state-run Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) warned. Before the Middle East conflict triggered a national...
Senator Loren Legarda has hailed Antique’s progress in reducing poverty, saying it is a testament to the fact that sustainability, local enterprise and community-based livelihoods can drive effective and lasting recovery. Legarda, former representative of the lone district of Antique and who...
Motorists traveling between Tarlac City and Cabanatuan City are set to benefit from faster and more efficient trips following the opening of a new segment of the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) on Tuesday, March 31, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said....
President Marcos has appointed former Department Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga as Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), Malacañang said on Thursday, March 19. It came 10 months after Marcos replaced Loyzaga as the DENR...
Consumer advocacy groups are asking the World Health Organization (WHO) to include tobacco harm reduction (THR) in its global control policies and listen to the voices of over a billion consumers at an upcoming meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)...
The Philippines ' Vape Law has provided a crucial legal and ethical framework for tobacco harm reduction, empowering the medical community to recommend novel tobacco products to patients who do not quit smoking combustible cigarettes entirely. This shift was highlighted by oral and...
A former official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a new approach to tobacco harm reduction in Asia-Pacific, where smoking prevalence remains the highest in the world. Professor Tikki Pang, a senior global health consultant for the Center for Healthcare Policy and Reform...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is set to organize a nationwide youth brigade that will serve as frontliners in promoting disaster preparedness and assisting communities during emergencies. OCD Officer-in-Charge Asst. Sec. Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV signed a memorandum of understanding...
One of the most-applauded portions of the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) would have to be when President Marcos mentioned the flood control projects—and how so many of them were failures, riddled with substandard work, or worse, figments of the imagination. His plan to investigate...
Proactive disaster risk reduction and a whole-of-government approach in responding to increasingly frequent and intense natural calamities are key pillars under the administration of President Marcos Jr. Thus, said Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary and National Disaster Risk Reduction...
A group of tobacco harm reduction experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to acknowledge innovative products such as vapes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches, saying the organization’s prohibitionist approach contradicts its mission to reduce tobacco-related deaths. In an...
In a bold step to improve educational outcomes in the Philippines, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, June 3, announced that the paperwork required of public school teachers will be reduced by 57 percent through a sweeping policy reform. “This move is a declaration that meaningful...
