Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday, Jan. 2, that the city will focus on the rehabilitation of its drug dependents and promised the creation of more anti-drugs projects and recovery initiatives. In his Facebook post, Sotto said that for 2023, the city government will focus on its "aftercare...
The Department of Transportation plans to revive the privatization for the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in 2023. Already, the agency plans to formulate the terms of reference (TOR) for auctioning off the rehabilitation of the airport, with the help of the Asian...
The provincial government of Bulacan inaugurated the new Tanglaw ng Pag-asa Youth Rehabilitation Center (TPYRC) in Barangay Bulihan, City of Malolos, Bulacan on Thursday, Dec. 29. Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando led the event, together with Vice Governor Alexis C. Castro and the Provincial...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay proudly announced on Monday, Dec. 19, that the city has been awarded by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) as the over-all champion local government unit (LGU) in the Manila Bay Clean-up Rehabilitation and Preservation Program (MBCRPP). Representatives...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora expressed his support for the national government's latest program against illegal drugs which aims to use a more holistic approach to the country's illegal drug problem. In an interview with ANC, Zamora said the city government of San Juan fully supports the...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Social Welfare and Development Office reported that some 648 former drug personalities completed their six-month community-based rehabilitation program that allowed them to be immersed back with the mainstream society and live normal lives. Social Worker Officer Ellen...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TRC) of the Department of Health region 10 (DOH-10) in upper Barangay Puerto in this city is almost fully occupied as the facility resumed accepting clients who need to undergo treatment because of illegal drug addiction. The...
In time for the observance of World Fisheries Day, a Filipino fisherfolk group denounced the “continued reclamation projects” in the Philippines. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Monday, Nov. 21, held a kinetic protest at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
About P2.1 billion from the proposed 2023 national budget will be allocated to fund the operations and expansion of 23 residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centers (TRCs), according to Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. “The P2.1 billion is 18 percent, or P322 M, higher than...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will rebid the rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) within the year. "We will invite the private sector to revisit the possibility of doing a Public Private Partnership (PPP) for NAIA. Maybe, Megawide and the super consortium can...
CEBU CITY -- After a long hiatus, the world-renowned dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) are back. CPDRC inmates showcase their dancing skills during their comeback performance on Friday, August 12, at the CPDRC facility.(Photo by Calvin D....
The rehabilitation and reconstruction of the schools damaged by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake will cost P1.706 billion, said the Department of Education (DepEd). (Photo courtesy of Dugong Elementary School) DepEd’s data as of Aug. 1 showed that there were 495 schools affected by the destructive...