Aside from being the country's "salad bowl," the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is also a model against climate change. (Photo courtesy of the DA) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said the region up north is indeed a strategic region that serves as a model in averting...
France has assured the Philippines that as a permanent member and president of the United Nations Security Council, it will perform its role to ensure that international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and sovereignty of its regional partners are...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque explained that the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) because of the local government units' (LGUs') improvement in responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Manila Bulletin File Photo Roque made the...
President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region (NCR) back to the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of the month, along with 29 other areas in the country as their existing coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine classification expired on July 15. In a video...
Malacañang said the recommendation of the government's pandemic task force was ready and that they were only waiting for the appeal of the metropolis's local chief executives. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement days before the existing general community...
The government has declared two Minahang Bayan (MB) areas in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) covering a combined mining area of 50 hectares. In two separate announcements, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in CAR said that the Provincial Mining and Regulatory Board of Abra (PMRB-Abra)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is committed to ensure that the gong-making tradition in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), especially among the youth, will be preserved. Gongs, or locally known in Cordilleran communities as “gangsa” (DOST-CAR Facebook Page) DOST Secretary...
The new and improved Port of Salomague in Cabugao town, Ilocos Sur is expected to boost tourism, trade, and economic industries in the province, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said. Salomague Port (Photo from Department of Transportation) This, as Tugade led on...
The Department Science and Technology (DOST) and the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) have joined forces in setting up an ethanol production facility (EPF) in Cagayan Valley that is capable of producing ethyl alcohol using agricultural waste, like rice and corn. (Photo from DOST Region II...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that it will establish the first metals and engineering innovation hub in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña said the groundbreaking of the CAR’s first DOST-Metals and Engineering...
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista has personally visited some evacuation centers in the municipalties of Laurel and Agoncillo in Batangas province to personally look into situation of the evacuee-families. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has funded a project that is looking into the ultrastructural and biophysical characterization of commonly used alternative textiles for hazmat suits and face masks. (FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la...
