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The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has tapped the multi-sector program of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) to align private sector efforts in the drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cebu City. Environment Secretary and Cebu COVID-19 intervention overseer Roy Cimatu and Presidential […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s agri-fishery sector – buoyed by the Duterte administration’s Plant, Plant, Plant program – has been performing well amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “We continue to elevate our game to sustainably feed the country’s growing population under the ‘new normal’ and ensure the survival and recovery of […]
The local government of Sogod in Southern Leyte has ordered all establishments and offices operating in the town to implement an automated contact tracing system (ACTS) to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Imelda Tan said representatives of each establishment must personally register at the town hall, the local police station, […]
Local government units (LGUs) now have access to an economic stimulus loan program that aims to provide LGUs with the financial resources necessary to fund LGU-led local economic development programs that intend to provide economic opportunities for Filipinos in the provinces amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This is according to the Union of Local […]
The House of Representatives’ Defeat COVID-19 Committee has approved a measure seeking to provide financial assistance to distressed enterprises critical to economic recovery in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. The panel approved House Bill 6795 or the proposed Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) Act. The […]
The Department of Agriculture ramps up efforts to secure adequate food supply as the country continues to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During a Laging Handa public briefing aired over state-run PTV, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the department’s thrust is currently on increasing food sufficiency, having additional budget support, and using modern […]
To make Maguindanao ready for the influx of returning locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), the provincial government of Maguindanao has converted its abandoned capitol building in Shariff Aguak into a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation center. “This is in anticipation of the coming home of about 7,000 of our ‘kababayans’ (provincemates) who have […]
The Senate has approved on third and final reading Senate Bill 1564 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) to allow the government to continue its COVID-19 response and help the affected sectors in recovering from the impacts of the pandemic. Senator Sonny Angara, the bill’s author and sponsor, said the Bayanihan […]
“We are very pleased to bring our anti-hunger, anti-poverty programs to the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Food security and livelihood assistance are urgent needs during this challenging health crisis we are facing. COVID-19 has not slowed down our efforts.” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles expressed this sentiment at the MOU and Marketing Agreement signing last July […]
A day after President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) President and Quirino Gov. Dax Cua thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for reiterating the government’s “no vaccine, no face-to-face classes” policy, saying on Tuesday that it was a decision that he and many local chief executives […]