The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has affirmed its commitment to work with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). During the 1st BARMM Planner's Congress, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua said NEDA will continue supporting the BARMM...
The University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB) posted a 100 percent passing rate in the October 2021 Chemist Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission announced. (Photo from uplb.edu.ph) Meanwhile, the Adamson University, UPLB, and Mindanao State University - Marawi...
The second phase of a three-year project on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory of the entire production chain of industrial tree plantation (ITP) in Mindanao is underway, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of the Panguil Bay Bridge Project in Northern Mindanao. The construction of the bridge, which is 3.169 kilometers long, began by putting bored piles for the piers and abutments, according to DPWH Secretary Roger G....
Lt. Gen. Greg Almirol, commander of the Philippine Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), branded as “lies” the claim of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris,” the slain spokesperson of the New People’s Army (NPA), was allegedly killed in...
Economic, tourism, and employment opportunities in the province of Camiguin are expected to improve as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 22, the upgraded Camiguin Airport. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade led the...
Camiguin, reffered to as the "Island Born of Fire," is now preparing to welcome tourists back on its shores next week — the province's first time opening since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Camiguin Island (Photo from Camiguin Tourism Office) In time with its...
266929 Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade led the contract signing for the Project Management Consultant Contract of the P82 Billion Mindanao Railway Project, the Tagum-Davao-Digos (MRP-TDD) Segment, Oct. 20, 2021. The 100-kilometer Tagum-Davao-Digos Segment will link Davao...
The impoverished and far-flung areas in Mindanao have always been the focus of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Angat Buhay programs, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, October 18, as she shrugged off accusations that her visit to Mindanao the past days was done to gain local...
The government is expecting P492.4 billion worth of investments if the oil and gas service contracts (SCs) to be awarded under the Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP) designed by the Duterte administration will eventually reach commercial development and production phases....
A total of €800,000 or over P47 million in humanitarian assistance will be poured to Midnanao by the European Union (EU) to help address the problem of the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic there. The European Union flag (Photo by Christian Lue/ Unsplash) According to a statement...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has extended assistance to abaca and local dairy farmers in Northern Mindanao. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said DOST-X, through its Community...
