More than 2.5 million school children have benefited from the government's milk feeding program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday, August 13. (Photo courtesy of the DA-PCC) Jointly implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) and DA through its National Dairy Authority (NDA) and...
Malacañang said humanitarian activities were allowed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) but said organizers must coordinate with the local government unit (LGU) of their target area to ensure adherence to minimum health standards. File photo of a community pantry in Diliman, Quezon...
The Search for Most Outstanding Implementers of School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) for School Year (SY) 2020-2021 is on. Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom on Natuna island in Riau islands province on 4 February, 2020. (File photo MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of...
For the upcoming School Year (SY) 2021-2022, the Department of Education’s (DepEd) School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) is expected to benefit 3.1 million learners. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed the agency’s commitment to continue implementing the...
Supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo held a nationwide feeding program in 37 areas as a tribute to her partymate and friend, former President Benigno Aquino III, who was laid to rest on Saturday, June 26. Team Leni Robredo honors the late President Benigno Aquino III by holding a nationwide...
Around 100 families in Barangay Malinao, Pasig received food packs from the Pasig City Police Station on Thursday (June 24) Members of the Pasig City Police distributed the food packs and cooked meals to residents of Barangay Malinoa around 7 a.m. The Pasig City Police said most of the...
While Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to decide on seeking the highest post in the land, her supporters conducted a simultaneous feeding program on Saturday, June 19, in 32 sites across the country. Team Leni Robredo, a group of vice president’s supporters behind the movement convincing her...
A group of volunteers are coming together again, this time, to support Vice President Leni Robredo’s initiatives in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Members of a group called Team Leni Robredo will hold a community feeding program nationwide on Saturday, June 19. (Team Leni...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District Eastern Visayas have conducted a feeding program for the children of City Social Welfare Development (CSWD) in Ormoc City, Leyte. In a statement, the PCG said the feeding program aims to strengthen the moral and nutritional growth of the...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, May 12, urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to take cue from community pantries to implement its feeding programs. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Poe said the...
Several schools in Oriental Mindoro have set up their own community pantries to help needy families and Mangyan communities. In a Facebook post, the Department of Education (DepEd) lauded the efforts of Managpi National High School (MNHS) and Nag-iba National High School (NNHS) for coming up with...
Vice President Leni Robredo said that her supporters gave away more than 30,000 bowls of lugaw (rice porridge) during her birthday last Friday, April 23. Her supporters called the “National Lugaw Day” in reference to trolls calling her “Lugaw Queen” because her supporters sold porridge to...
