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President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday signed into law Republic Act No.11462 that postpones the holding of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, which were originally scheduled on May 11, 2020. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has confirmed that SK and barangay polls have been rescheduled on December 5, 2022. “The new schedule would give SK and […]
“Just like we promised last week, there would be regular turnovers of completed housing units for Yolanda victims. We have now fully completed the residential projects for the towns of Anilao, Iloilo and Pres. Roxas, Capiz, both in Panay island.”This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles who has confirmed that the finished units have […]
“Our farmers in the towns of Narra and Aborlan in Palawan will benefit immensely from the newly-renovated Malatgao River Irrigation System and Post-Harvest Facilities. This project was made possible through the efforts of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) with funding from the Japan International Copperation Agency (JICA).” This was the statement of Cabinet Secretary Karlo […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced on Tuesday that 10 days after remembering the devastating typhoon which struck large areas of the Visayas in 2013, the Duterte administration was again distributing a new batch of completed housing units to survivors of Typhoon Yolanda. “The houses for Yolanda beneficiaries in several towns in Iloilo, Antique, Aklan and […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles called on Congress to fast track the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR), noting that the recent series of earthquakes that struck Mindanao and other natural calamities that hit other parts of the country required full-time, Cabinet-level attention. “We cannot predict the occurrence of disasters. They are not conveniently timed […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles praised the “Yolanda” permanent resettlement site in Tabuelan town in northern Cebu as the first-ever housing project that is fully finished and occupied. “We can show to the whole country that Olivo Heights housing in Tabuelan is now the model of all ‘Yolanda’ housing projects in the country as it is […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said government was encouraged by data showing a 4.2% year-on-year decrease in the number of families that have experienced involuntary hunger, stressing on Sunday that the Duterte Administration has viewed positive numbers like these “as a sign that its policies are meeting their desired objectives.” The Social Weather Stations (SWS) recently […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday said the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will continue to step up efforts to address hunger and poverty in the country even as he welcomed new data that shows that self-rated poverty and food poverty have fallen in the third quarter of 2019.In a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles was conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by the Western Visayas State University (WVSU) after the Malacanang official attended the inauguration of the school’s rehabilitated cultural center. WVSU’s Board, led by University President Dr. Luis M. Sorolla, Jr. awarded the title “Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa” on the Cabinet Secretary. “Free […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Tuesday confirmed that the heads of various government agencies have agreed to the provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formalizes their respective roles in the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), an initiative the Palace official said would help the Philippines eventually say #GoodbyeGutom. “The hashtag captures […]