President Duterte expressed confidence that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will emerge victorious in its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic like it always does when faced with challenges. The ASEAN leaders meet at the organization’s secretariat building in...
As the government moves to curb the rising cases of coronavirus, President Duterte is grateful for the coronavirus vaccines donated by the United States to the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte tackles the status and direction of the US-Philippine relations with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año attributed the country's fight effective fight so far against the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the role of the Local Government Units (LGUs). In a press briefing with the President Wednesday...
More poor Filipino families and vulnerable communities having access to social protection programs is envisioned under a cooperation agreement that will be signed between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) on...
With a year left in office, President Duterte is ready to deliver his farewell address to the nation Monday, July 26, after rehearsing the speech four times. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has completed the rehabilitation of an irrigation project in Pampanga that was funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In a statement, NIA said that it has already completed the newly rehabilitated Porac-Gumain River Irrigation System...
The Philippines has sounded the alarm on the significant gap in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in the world as 80 percent of the global vaccine supply went to high- and upper-middle-income countries. DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary Marian Jocelyn T. Tirol-Ignacio delivers the Philippines’...
President Duterte said it was about time that the world thought of having internationally recognized vaccination certificates to restart economies that have reeled from the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte delivers his Intervention at the Asia-Pacific...
President Duterte expressed concern about a great imbalance in access to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying the pandemic has become an "unforgiving race to immunity" due to the lack of bold, collaborative responses to the situation. President Duterte delivers his Intervention at the...
If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation. Digital transformation Even before COVID-19, the digital revolution was transforming...
Boosting the Philippine agricultural sector can create a multiplier effect on the economy especially under this time of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, the Japan International Cooperation Agency said in a statement Wednesday. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) JICA...
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...
