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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) was commended by the Office of the President for acting promptly on the citizens’ concerns and complaints lodged through the government’s 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center. In a letter addressed to NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong, 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center (CCC) Director Bernadette Casinabe recognized the agency’s efforts in ensuring that the […]
“Anything and everything that can be shared by our stakeholders is useful in achieving the objectives of our National Food Policy. We see the Deliver-e platform as a crucial contribution that will shape the results of the program.” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement during the Deliver-e Goes Live event on Monday, December 14, […]
Following the onslaught of Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses in several regions, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded all DepEd officials, teaching and non-teaching personnel directly affected by any natural calamity or disaster that they can apply for a special five-day emergency leave. According to Office Memorandum OM-PHROD-2020-00423 issued by the Office of Undersecretary Jesus […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced two of the major segments of Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) Project Phase 1 leading Cabanatuan City have been completed. “Construction of 4.1-km contract package (CP)1 – Tarlac Section and 6.4-km CP2 – Rio Chico River Bridge Section are now 100 percent finished,” Villar said. “The completed […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated a P454-million budget for Cebu’s agriculture sector for 2021, Secretary William Dar said during the launching of Cash and Food Subsidy for Marginal Farmers and Fisherfolk (CFSMFF) program recently in Pinamungajan, Cebu. Dar said that next year’s budget for Cebu has increased from P431 million and expressed DA’s commitment to further […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has won a legal case against the wildlife trader who was behind the illegal shipment of over 700 pieces of live tarantulas intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last year. In a seven-page decision dated Nov. 20, 2020, Judge Allan Ariola of the Pasay City Metropolitan […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) reaches out to tourism workers who were affected by the closure of establishments or those which scaled down operations, to immediately avail of the expanded financial assistance as part of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act interventions to address the pandemic’s impact on Philippine tourism.Under a Joint Advisory (JA) between the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through its National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), will establish cold storage warehouses complete with meat-cutting facilities, initially in four areas, located in three provinces. With a total budget of P280 million, the facilities will be put up in Magalang, Pampanga; in Tanauan and San Jose, Batangas; and in Malagos, Davao […]
Key officials of partner agencies participating in the Duterte administration’s Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program met a year after its creation to assess and formulate directions for the anti-hunger and anti-poverty initiative. “It was December 9 of 2019 that we signed a MOU for EPAHP, which is the banner program of the […]
“We need to improve the quality and skills of our teachers if we truly want to raise the standard of our educational system to world-class levels, or at least to be at par with our Asian neighbors.”This was the statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles during the Senate Committee hearing on the Teacher Education Council […]