The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed on Thursday, Jan 20 more than P5 billion worth of seized and surrendered dangerous drugs at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in Trece Martires City, Cavite. P,5,362,909,417 worth of various Based on the consolidated report of the...
President Duterte has committed an additional P10 billion to assist the provinces that felt the wrath of typhoon "Odette" over the weekend. President Rodrigo Duterte (center) presides over a meeting with local officials of Negros Occidental, uniformed personnel, and officials from the national and...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles assured the public that the country will have ample vaccine supply for booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) next year. (Photos from Karlo Nograles's Facebook/ Keith Bacongco) Nograles, in a virtual press...
Malacañang expressed confidence Tuesday, Oct. 26 that the government would be able distribute the P1-billion fuel subsidy it had committed to the public transport sector before the end of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Presidential...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed high hopes that the P6.6 billion additional budget it is requesting for the hiring of 25,000 coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) contact tracers (CTs) would be approved in Congress. “Yes. We are very optimistic that it will be...
Government assistance for workers in Cagayan Province who are affected by the pandemic is seen to reach more than P1 billion by the end of 2021, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III leads the payout of salaries to 1,500 beneficiaries under the...
With budget constraints hampering the government’s contact tracing efforts, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said requested Congress for an additional P6.6 billion budget for the 2022 hiring of 25,000 coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) contact...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US lawmakers green-lit $1 billion Thursday to resupply Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system after funding was controversially stripped from a separate bill following a revolt from the Democrats' left flank. Israel's Iron Dome aerial defence system, pictured in May...
More than P4.5 billion cash assistance (ayuda) has been so far distributed to qualified beneficiaries in Metro Manila, the The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Wednesday, August 18. “Nasa 4,566,655 low-income individuals na po ang nakinabang sa ating ayuda at...
A total of P3,299,290 cash aid (ayuda) has been distributed so far more than three million qualified beneficiaries in the National Capital Region (NCR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. In a briefing with President Duterte, Año said the figure...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is ready to face any investigation on the supposed "deficiencies" in the agency's handling of at least P67 billion fund for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response as stated in the Commission on Audit's (COA) report. “We are open...
President Duterte has approved a total of P3.693 additional cash aid (ayuda) not only for the low-income individuals of Metro Manila but also for those in Bataan and Laguna areas, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Thursday, Aug. 12. Of the figure, P2.715...
