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The African Swine Fever (ASF) virus has been detected in cans of Sky Dragon luncheon meat which were brought in from Hong Kong last March 25 and were confiscated at the Clark International Airport in Clark field, Pampanga from a returning Filipino. According to Dr. Rachel R. Azul, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) of the […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has revealed the decommissioning by government of 12,000 or close to a third of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) fighters as part of efforts to expedite normalization efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Nograles made the revelation when he recently co-chaired the first meeting of the […]
The country took a step close to establishing a stable, lasting peace in Mindanao with the government fast-tracking normalization efforts beginning with the decommissioning of 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) troops representing close to a third of the MILF combatants. This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Monday co-chaired the first […]
As its golden anniversary approaches, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reached yet another significant milestone in its rural electrification drive. The agency, in partnership with all the electric cooperatives (ECs), has achieved the 13 millionth consumer connection based on the April data submitted to the NEA Information Technology and Communication Services Department (ITCSD). NEA […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed that government is exerting efforts to obtain justice for the 22-man crew of F/B Gem-Vir I, the fishing boat that sank following an encounter with a private Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea, and that several government agencies would be reaching out to extend assistance to the Filipino fishermen. […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez discussed with the University of the Philippines School of Economics Alumni Association (UPSEAA) the potential of the Philippines (PH) in becoming an artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse. In his recent talk on PH’s current business climate and industry development initiatives of the DTI, Lopez highlighted the country’s […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is pushing to give its traffic enforcers hazard pay. MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim told around 300 traffic enforcers during their assembly that he will be writing a letter to President Rodrigo Duterte asking for the granting of their hazard pay, in recognition of their efforts in managing traffic along […]
The government, through the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), has committed to help the 22 fishermen who were abandoned after their fishing boat was allegedly hit by a Chinese vessel at Recto Bank (Reed Bank) on June 9. DA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, said BFAR Regional Director Elizer Salilig recently welcomed the […]
The environment department is looking at the U.S. in a bid to expand efforts to rescue and conserve the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the critically endangered national bird. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu raised the possibility after his department recently sent a pair of Philippine eagles to Singapore for breeding […]
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol recently graduated from the state-run University of Southern Mindanao (USM) with a doctoral degree in rural development. “This is the big event of my life,” Piñol said in an interview as he headed to the USM campus here for the graduation rites. The agriculture chief joined 14 others who were conferred […]