Quirino Gov. Dax Cua has called on the national government to immediately draft a plan to operationalize President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for local government units to closely coordinate with the administration to ensure the country’s food supply. CUA (FB) Cua, chairman of the League of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. highlighted the importance of better coordination mechanisms between the national and local governments in the area of food supply. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the President) Marcos said this during his meeting...
After President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. reportedly shut down a proposal to import 300,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Joey Salceda offered some solutions to the country’s domestic sugar supply issue. Read:...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) immediately sent eight bags of blood to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center where a survivor of the Ateneo de Manila University shooting incident is being treated. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS FACEBOOK) “With the direction of Chairman and CEO Richard Gordon, the Philippine...
An economist-congressman has filed two House bills that he claimed would help President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in his handling of the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the looming food supply crisis in general. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and President Ferdinand...
Inter-agency cooperation is vital to provide students ample supply of transportation while ensuring their safety from Covid-19, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime J. Bautista announced on Friday, July 15. The transport chief met with concerned government agencies to ensure...
The Philippines and the United States will continue their cooperation on transforming supply chains to be resilient and addressing the climate crisis as they work toward the development of clean energy. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo (right)...
DHL Philippines partners with SOS Children’s Villages International DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding, and DHL Supply Chain have signed a local partnership with SOS Children’s Villages International to empower young people aged 15 to 25 in the Philippines and help prepare them for employment...
The country's sugar supply may run out by August should the government prohibit the importation of sugar, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said. Sugar (MB File Photo) It noted that only one of the 13 refineries is operational as most of them stopped their operations in May. "If we rely on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 5 said he will seek a Senate inquiry into the power supply problems in Occidental Mindoro plaguing the province for several years now. Gatchalian made the promise even as he noted that the province’s power supply has been restored after it was hit by a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has expressed hope that incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will appoint an Energy secretary who can address the country’s problem on power supply. Gatchalian noted that the current leadership of the Department of Energy (DOE),...
Senator Imee Marcos has said it is high time for the Philippines to talk to its Asian neighbors to help with the county’s oil supply and also look at sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate economic affairs committee, issued this statement during a brief...
