The P41-billion combined feeding program budget of the Department of Education (DepED) and other government agencies should be spent buying Filipino farmers’ production as mandated in the Sagip Saka Act. During a virtual forum hosted by the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI),...
Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the national government to reconsider its plan to sanction local government units (LGUs) who are unable to expedite its vaccination rollout and reach their targets due to logistics and manpower issues. Escudero, who is seeking a fresh term in...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and members of the City Council signed and passed a resolution thanking Sec. Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for implementing a cash-for-work program in the city that helped displaced and disadvantaged persons especially during...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted a “Knowledge Fair” for the local social welfare and development officers (LSWDOs) in preparation for the devolution of DSWD programs and services starting next year. The Department of Social Welfare and Development's Social...
The government will use the savings from the 2021 national budget to purchase some 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines which would be used as booster shots. Senator Sonny Angara, who chairs the Senate finance committee, and sponsor of the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, said...
Local government units (LGUs) must adhere to the national government’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic guidelines in enforcing the face shield use in their respective areas, League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said on...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon warned the public on Tuesday, November 9 not to be complacent and to observe health protocols after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) recently placed Metro Manila under Alert Level 2 on November 5. PRC Chairman and Senator Richard J....
The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Sonny Angara, has endorsed for plenary approval Committee Report No. 332 which contains the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. This marks the start of lengthy plenary deliberations on the budgets of various government agencies and their...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has continued to suppory for the delay of the distribution of cash assistance to recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) if they are not yet vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks to reporters...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that it will not remove beneficiaries of the government's conditional cash transfer, or the Pantawid Pamilyancg Pilipino Program (4Ps), even if they would not agree to be vaccinated. In a statement, the DILG said...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Nov. 9 scored the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), saying the National Task Force should inoculate more people in the region. Pacquiao noted the region has the...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
