Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso on Monday, June 30, inherited an empty office and unpaid debts as he assumed his post as city mayor. Domagoso cited the absence of a proper transition from the previous administration. He said that upon entering the mayor 's office inside the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pausing its plan to lower the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) of imported rice next month, citing global market volatility driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East. The DA initially planned to lower the MSRP of five-percent broken imported rice...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is aiming to complete a new four-storey school building within a year in Quezon City to replace a facility destroyed by fire. DPWH–Quezon City 1st District Engineer Arturo L. Gonzales Jr. said the agency has finalized the preliminary draft of...
President Marcos has tasked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to reconstruct the school building hit by fire in Quezon City last Sunday, June 15. Marcos said the reconstruction of the building will also include an upgrade, making the two-storey fire-damaged building in San...
Minimum wage earners can now take advantage of the government’s ₱20-per-kilo subsidized rice following its rollout in Manila led by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel and Labor Secretary Bienvenido...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is in support of a recommendation from a House of Representatives panel to revert the rice tariff rate from 15 percent to 35 percent—on the condition that this will be implemented gradually. During the final hearing of the House quinta committee on Wednesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Thursday announced the approval of a P10-million pesticide assistance from the national government to address the infestation of red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) mainly in Negros Island. “Nandiyan na ang...
BACOLOD CITY - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering increasing the buying price of palay (unhusked rice) to support farmers and the national government’s P20 per kilo rice initiative. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced during the program’s launching at Burgos...
BACOLOD CITY – The P20 per kilo rice program was officially launched here on Thursday, June 5. Hundreds of residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to purchase the staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Mayor Albee Benitez led the launching at the Burgos Public Market with...
As the world grapples with the continued rise of plastic pollution across marine and freshwater ecosystems, developing economies such as the Philippines are ramping up the production of non-plastic alternatives, with seaweed as a major source. In its latest global trade update, the United Nations...
After nearly three months, the United States court has granted the petition of Filipino national Lewelyn Dixon for cancellation of removal, leading to her release from immigration custody, the Philippine Embassy in Washington confirmed on Saturday, May 31. Lewelyn Dixon is welcomed by a family...
If outgoing Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil were to offer one piece of advice to his successor, Major Gen. Nicolas Torre III, it would be to carry on with the ongoing reforms within the police organization. Marbil will retire on June 7 and be succeeded by Torre,...
