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The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomes the move of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to lift its moratorium on charter flights to Boracay and its issuance of new and stricter guidelines on the conduct of commercial air transportation serving the resort island. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said this development could further boost the island’s tourism […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to issue an executive order (EO) that will significantly reduce logistics costs for local companies over the next few months. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said he has instructed Undersecretary Rowel Barba to reconvene the technical working group composed of the Department of Transportation, […]
President Rodrigo Duterte will be submitting the proposed 2020 national budget in the first or second week of August, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. “The proposed budget is still being finalized.” In an interview over PTV-4, Nograles said the proposed budget is still being finalized. Last year, Duterte submitted the proposed P3.7 trillion national budget […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for the passage of a bill institutionalizing a government program to provide affordable financing for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the 18th Congress. In a speech delivered during the National MSME Summit 2019 recently, DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said the proposed P3 (Pondo sa […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has stepped up its environmental protection campaign as it embarked into yet another high-profile battle against environmental abuse early this year after the controversial 2018 rehabilitation of the world-famous Boracay Island. This January, DENR kicked off the multi-sector rehabilitation of historic Manila Bay in an attempt to […]
Some P10 billion worth of investments will be poured in provinces that are vulnerable to climate change, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu said.Cimatu, who is also the chairperson of the Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction, was in Davao City for the pre-SONA (State of […]
The Elliptical Road in Quezon City will be repaired to fix its sloped lanes that cause flooding in the area, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has announced. In a recent press briefing in Makati City, MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has volunteered to repair starting […]
#GoodbyeGutom, said Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, is the objective of the government’s Expanded Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), a program involving several departments that will work closely together to eradicate hunger in the country by 2030. Nograles on Monday said that while there are indicators which show that inroads are being made to reduce […]
In a bid to strengthen the country’s agriculture industry and support farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) closed a deal with the government for a P44-billion loan to complete the proposed solar power plant project. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz signed the Implementing Agreement (IA) on Agricultural Cooperation […]
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) to recognize the group, led by Senator Koko Pimentel III, as the “legitimate” officers of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). “The suit failed to present evidence showing that the Comelec committed grave abuse of discretion.” In a resolution dated […]