What missing Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds? Manual SAP payout in Calabarzon (Photo from DSWD Facebook Page) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Sunday, July 4, rejected Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s claim that the P10.4 billion worth of SAP funds went missing....
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reported that more than 111,000 unserved beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) Region have already received their cash aid. Department of...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) declared that the polio outbreak in the Philippines has ended after the country recorded zero cases for 16 months since a surveillance and an immunization campaign was...
The World Health Organization (WHO) nodded to the use of the REwear Face Mask, a two-piece, four-layer re-usable and washable mask developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI). REwear Face Mask (Photo from DOST-PTRI) The DOST-PTRI said its...
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...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Saturday, July 3, that more than 860 families or almost 3,300 individuals have been displaced by Taal Volcano’s magmatic unrest. Residents in Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1,...
The Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) said data collection for the last leg of the Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) which was called off due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has already begun. A member of the Department of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed readiness Saturday, July 3, to face any investigation regarding the supposed P10.4 billion worth of missing Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds, and its alleged failure to serve 1.3 beneficiaries due to use of Starpay e-wallet....
DOH/MB The country logged 5,908 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, July 3, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,430,419. Of the total, 53,665 are active cases, wherein 91.2 percent have mild symptoms, 3.8 percent are asymptomatic, 1.4 percent are critical, two percent are in severe condition, and 1.51...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dredging the Cagayan River as part of rehabilitation efforts to prevent or minimize the risk of massive flooding in nearby areas. (Photo from Department of Environment and Natural Resources) In a statement on Saturday, July 3,...
(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) asked the public not to entertain people who are offering to sell coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. "Ang tanging paalala lang natin sa ating mga kababayan, huwag kayong mag entertain ng mga nagbebenta sa inyo (We are reminding our...
Siargao, known as the Philippines' surfing capital, has landed in the "ten most charming islands to go on holiday this summer" list of fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue Paris. (Photo from Unsplash) Vogue Paris lifestyle editor Jade Simon described Siargao as a destination that "offers soaring...
