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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has successfully completed and turned over to the local government a 151-bed capacity healthcare facility in Carmona, Cavite. Secretary Mark Villar said the repurposed evacuation center at Brgy. Lantic, Carmona, Cavite which was converted into a mega isolation facility will facilitate the treatment and care of coronavirus […]
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has advised the public not to panic buy and engage in hoarding following the enforcement of modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) measures in Metro Manila and in four other adjacent provinces. Lopez said there is enough supply of goods in Metro Manila and the four other […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to utilize the funds under its budget and assist workers displaced by the Taal Volcano eruption. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance that went over the 2020 General Appropriations Act, Angara pointed out that the DOLE has over P120 million […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar led officials and staff of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 4A (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) in their relief and recovery efforts in the provinces of Batangas and Cavite, where thousands of farmers, fishers, ruralfolk and residents were hit by the eruption of Taal Volcano. Dar first […]
With alleged vote-buying incidents already taking place in various parts of the country as the May 13 midterm elections draws near, Senator Dick Gordon warned voters not to let candidates, who are buying votes, rob them of their future. Gordon issued the advice in the wake of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) disclosure that vote-buying […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Bong Go cited the need to empower barangays by allowing them to hire more tanods (village watchmen) as they need. “Minsan, kulang talaga ang tanod para mapanatili ang kapayapaan at kaayusan sa isang lugar, lalong-lalo na sa mga malalaking barangay at sa mga lugar na sadyang mas maraming […]