The government will proceed "full speed ahead" with the implementation of the StaySafe.ph, the official contact tracing application, Malacañang announced Tuesday. People form line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) According to...
Young entrepreneurs, small-scale farmers, and fisherfolks who were affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic were prodded to avail of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) loan offers to help them recover and get out of the doldrums. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) In...
The government’s failure to stop smuggled pork imports has put the country at more risk of contracting new variants of African Swine Fever (ASF) that began to cause further damage in China, the world’s largest pork-producing country....
President Duterte is not seeking an end to the operations of community pantries despite raising concerns that these might cause the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said Tuesday, May 4. People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30,...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar wants to slash the occupancy rate of COVID-19 mega treatment facilities in the country to less than 60 percent in the coming weeks. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Public Works and Highways) In order to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 28, took the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other government agencies to task for the alleged modus of some government officials facilitating the production of fake passports and aiding human trafficking syndicates to recruit Filipino minors to work...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged state economic managers to allocate more funds for the education sector in next year’s proposed national budget to help the sector’s recovery from the negative impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Gatchalian said the government...
Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas on Monday, May 3, expressed confidence that the proposed Bayanihan 3 law will get strong support and will likely be passed swiftly as soon as regular sessions resume on May 16. `Vargas, chairman of the House Committee on Social Services and a co-author of the bill,...
In a village up north, a community pantry literally goes out of its way to reach more vulnerable families. NOT YOUR ORDINARY COMMUNITY PANTRY -- A moving pantry in Cataggaman Nuevo, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan delivers food to families using a "kareta" pulled by a carabao. (Photo courtesy of the...
Is Metro Manila's critical hospital care capacity out of the danger level? Health Secretary Francisco Duque inspects a temporary health facility at Eva Macapagal Terminal in Manila on April 26, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) Based on the latest computation of Malacañang, the critical care...
The healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) in the National Capital Region (NCR) is now at 57 percent, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, May 3. A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila on April 26, 2021,...
More than 2,000 land titles in Cebu remain undistributed since 1987 after they were kept from farmers, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) bared on Monday, May 3. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of DAR) A total of 2,007 certificates of land...
