The French Embassy in Manila kicked off the 74th year of the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and France on Saturday, June 26, by starting the day with a basket of pandesal (salted bread) and croissant. A basket of pandesal and croissant with the flag of the Philippines and France to...
The finance and trade departments signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the corporate recovery and tax Incentives for enterprises (CREATE) law, the government’s largest fiscal stimulus package for businesses in the country’s history. Ahead of the July 10, 2021 deadline, Finance...
A modular on-site and solar-powered cold storage system from India could be the solution to the lingering post-harvest woes of farmers in the Philippines. (Photo by Naveed Ahmed / Unsplash) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Friday, June 25, bared that the agency has teamed up...
The Department of Health (DOH) said that the country's target of achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 may be reached by the end of 2021 or early next year. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) However, this goal is still dependent on the country’s vaccine supply. To achieve this goal, the Philippines...
The United States government, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday launched the P500 million ($10.3 million) President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in the Philippines and turned over 20,000 bottles of HIV prevention drugs or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to...
DOH/MB The country’s running tally of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grew to 1,385,053 after the DOH confirmed 6,812 new infections on Friday, June 25. Of the total cases, 55,293 were active, the DOH said in its latest case bulletin. Majority or 90.8 percent of patients still undergoing...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the Philippines’ first solar-powered on-farm cold storage demo unit in collaboration with Filipino firm Next Agri Corporation Philippines and Indian firm Ecozen Solutions Private Ltd. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration...
After observing positive rice output over the last few months, the Philippines is poised to exceed targets in terms of the production of its main staple this year and next year amid the government’s push to boost the planting of hybrid rice. In its latest report, the US Department of...
Domestic tourists will continue to enjoy affordable reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests as the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) are set to roll out the second phase of its subsidized coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing program for the...
The Muntinlupa City government is boosting its urban gardening program with the help of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) and the Department of Agriculture (DA). About 500 edible landscaping kits were donated by the DA-Agricultural Research through the UPLB Edible Landscaping Team...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,043 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases nationwide on Thursday, June 24. Based on its latest data, the country's active infections stood at 51,410. Of this figure, 90.6 percent were mild, 4.5 percent were asymptomatic, two percent were severe,...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will soon distribute to farmers the so-called Interventions Monitoring Card (IMC), which can serve as both an identification card and a cash card. This is in line with the continued updating of the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA), which is...
