ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 is urging local government units (LGUs) across Western Visayas region to strengthen measures against African Swine Fever (ASF). DA-6 issued the advisory as it has been receiving reports of the re-entry of processed pork products across the region....
As part of the national government’s goal to make the Philippines a “tourism hub,” the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will provide free internet services in 94 major tourism areas in the country facing connectivity issues. (MB Visual Content Group) Working hand...
The Malampaya consortium led by field operator Prime Energy of the Razon group will cough up $600 million to $630 million in fresh capital outlay for the first phase of its committed work program that will include the drilling of 2-3 production wells. In a briefing with the media, Energy...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, May 16, confirmed the local transmission of XBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant in Western Visayas. (Department of Health) Latest genome sequencing revealed that there are three additional cases of immune-evasive and transmissible XBB.1.16 or “Arcturus”...
Around 391,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the Philippines next week, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, May 16. Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines (AFP / Manila Bulletin) DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire, in a media forum on...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has activated three new free Wi-Fi sites in Calumpit, Bulacan. (MB Visual Content Group) DICT on Monday, May 15, said the initiative was conducted with the support of local government units in Calumpit. The hotspots were specifically...
ILOILO CITY – Five years after the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte implemented a land reform program in Boracay in 2018, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has issued a resolution that land on the world-famous resort-island is not suitable for farming. CHILDREN from the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) should review a recent memorandum order that would limit the type of fertilizer that rice farmers could use, Senator Imee Marcos on Monday, May 15, said. Signed on April 27, Memorandum Order 32 (MO 32) promotes the distribution of yet unnamed biofertilizers to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signed the Renewal Agreement for the Malampaya Service Contract No. 38 (SC 38), allowing the continued production of the Malampaya gas field until Feb. 22, 2039. *President Marcos signs Renewal Agreement for the Malampaya Service Contract No. 38 (SC...
System operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is proposing amendments to the Grid Code to ensure the country’s power system can efficiently absorb gigawatt-scale but variable renewable energy (RE) capacities. In a presentation to the media, NGCP Vice President and Head of...
An attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has vowed to investigate the unauthorized fund transfers involving hundreds of GCash accounts earlier this week. (Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center) DICT’s Cybercrime Investigation and...
The Philippine government has assured assistance to the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the Kuwaiti government's suspension of work visas, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. *(Jansen Romero/File Photo)* The Presidential Communications Office (PCO), citing an interview with...
