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It was perhaps the magic of the moment on a Sunday morning when the management and staff of the Romblon Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ROMELCO) collectively dreamt of ushering in the wind of change with a new environment-friendly power source. Now spinning on the hills of Barangays Agnay, Bagacay and Lonos in the island of Romblon […]
The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte continues to protect the interest of media workers in the country, the recent Press Freedom Caravan held at the National Press Club of the Philippines in Manila has conveyed. The caravan, organized by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), with the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) and […]
The Philippines has set a record-breaking 7.1 million international tourist arrivals in 2018, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported. Data from the DOT showed that at least 7,127,168 foreign tourists visited the country. This was the “highest ever number” for the country’s tourism industry and surpassed the 6,620,908 arrivals in 2017 by 7.68 percent, the […]
Educating the youth on the dangers of illegal drugs would help deter them and eventually stamp out the demand side of the drug problem, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. “The government’s Preventive Drug Education (PDE) program provides for drug education for each grade level from Kindergarten to Grade 12, aligned with the main curriculum, but […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles lauded Filipino seafarers as “the best and most trusted in the world” during the inauguration of a training vessel at Manila’s South Harbor on Thursday. The Malacanang official addressed maritime industry leaders and stakeholders as the 78.6-meter and 750-ton M/V Kapitan Gregorio Oca, the country’s newest training vessel designed to further […]
Government is addressing issues involved in land conversion cases and working to streamline and fast-track procedures not to accelerate conversions but simply to curb corruption. This is the assurance given by Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Wednesday said the President had given members of the Cabinet marching orders to study and review the existing […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles assured the public on Sunday that a resolution regarding the government’s common tower policy was forthcoming. Nograles also expressed confidence that the administration will find a “common ground” in the proposals of Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs and Information Technology Communications Ramon Jacinto and Department of Information and Communications Technology Acting […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) seeks to promote waste-to-energy technology (WtE) to help with the problem of waste management nationwide. “That’s our direction now, considering there’s increasing generation of waste in the country,” DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones said. “That’s our direction now, considering there’s increasing generation of waste in the country.” Leones […]
The implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) or Rice Fund would provide farmers with the needed compensation for the projected reduction or loss of farm income following the proposed rice tariffication. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the proposed P10 billion RCEF “is very critical to achieve growth in agriculture.” As such, Piñol said […]
“We will strengthen agriculture through more focused assistance, with the end in view of addressing farmers’ livelihood concerns, increasing their productivity, and ensuring supply stability and food security for our people.” This was the statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Friday said government will strengthen and follow through on initiatives aimed at further […]