The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is now on track for the nationwide expansion of the massive tree-planting project, Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC), nearly five years after it was launched. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, MWSS will hold the Annual Million Tree Challenge...
The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has unveiled a special themed train on Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) as part of efforts to boost the country's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). LRMC President and CEO Juan F. Alfonso and Ingat Angat Tayong Lahat...
With only 11 months left on her term, Vice President Leni Robredo said that her flagship anti-poverty program Angat Buhay is her “best legacy” as she hopes her successor and other government agencies can expand the concept. Vice President Leni Robredo is the keynote speaker at the 5th Asian...
Despite the challenges faced by the country’s battle against the pandemic, great leaders, caring employers and inspiring workers are rising up in meeting the crisis. Plenary speakers Organized by the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP), this year’s annual conference themed...
The 2.22-kilometer (km) section of the Arterial Plaridel Bypass Road, which includes the bridge across Angat River in Bustos, Bulacan, was opened on Friday, July 9. WIDER IS BETTER--The newly-widened Arterial Plaridel Bypass Road in Bustos, Bulacan was opened to motorists on July 9, 2021. (Photo...
Vice President Leni Robredo can only describe her five years in office in one phrase: “What a rollercoaster ride it has been.” Today, June 30, marks the fifth year that Robredo was sworn in as the vice president after formally defeating former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by a slim margin in...
The youth will play a vital role in building a “better normal” after the coronavirus pandemic, Vice President Leni Robredo said as she welcomed their contribution in stepping toward a “fairer, kinder, and more inclusive” world. During the virtual ceremonial signing of the memorandum of...
The Metropolitan Waterwork and Sewerage System and its two concessionaires, Maynilad Water Services, Inc. and Manila Water Company, Inc., have released a development fund for indigenous people (IPs) and local farmers in Bulacan. The development fund, which is close to P37million, was meant for...
More families displaced by last year’s Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses in Camarines Sur will soon have their own homes after Vice President Leni Robredo set in motion the construction of additional Angat Buhay Village in her home province. Robredo was in Sagñay, Camarines Sur last weekend for the...
McDonald’s President and CEO Kenneth S. Yang With the arrival of more doses of vaccine into the country and with the need to encourage more people to get inoculated, McDonald’s Philippines joins different members of the private sector in a campaign to raise awareness and education among...
‘Bakit ka nag-iingat?’ GET YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE Private companies and organizations come together to encourage Filipinos to get vaccinated With the goal to educate the public and eradicate the Filipinos’ doubts toward COVID-19 vaccine, the biggest companies in the country joined forces to...
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad), the government water concessionaire for the West Zone, said it will cost them P29 billion to build several sewage treatment plants (STP) across the metropolis. In a statement, Maynilad said that it is now simultaneously building several STPs in Caloocan,...