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DA launches ‘CaraWow sa CaraTok’
May 18, 2024, 8:13 am
MANILA – TikTokers are encouraged to join a video contest featuring carabao’s milk, in preparation for the World Milk Day celebration on June 1. The contest highlights the importance of carabao’s milk in providing quality nutrition and its role in sustaining the livelihood of farming… Read More
Warm weather continues across PH; dangerous heat index in 38 areas
May 18, 2024, 7:20 am
MANILA – The easterlies will continue to bring warm weather with possible isolated rains or thunderstorms in most parts of the country, the weather bureau said Saturday. However, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will be felt over Batanes and the Babuyan Islands due to the shear line… Read More
Proposed nuclear plant in Pangasinan has long-term benefits – senator
May 17, 2024, 9:29 pm
MANILA – The proposed Nuclear Power Program in the municipality of Labrador, Pangasinan will not only solve the high cost of electricity but will clear issues in using nuclear energy, Senator Francis Tolentino said on Friday. In a statement, Tolentino said controversial issues on the use of… Read More
NFA: Let DA intervene in local rice market
May 17, 2024, 8:00 pm
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) can assume the power to intervene in the local rice market if lawmakers have doubts about the National Food Authority (NFA), its OIC Administrator Larry Lacson said Friday. This, after senators called on DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Larel Jr. to assume… Read More
Gadon touts PBBM's programs aimed at reducing poverty
May 17, 2024, 7:01 pm
MANILA – Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon on Friday attributed the decline in poverty incidence to the government's social protection programs, as well as efforts to open up the economy and attract more investments under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos… Read More
5 PH prelates to attend compatriot's ordination as auxiliary bishop
May 17, 2024, 6:40 pm
MANILA – Five Filipino prelates in the United States are set to attend the ordination of their compatriot, Fr. Reynaldo Bersabal as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, California in the United States on May 31. In an interview with Church-run Radyo Veritas Friday, Pontificio Collegio… Read More
DOH launches cervical cancer screening services in Metro Manila
May 17, 2024, 6:36 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health - Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) on Friday launched cervical cancer screening services in the region. DOH-MMCHD director Rio Magpantay said the agency is intensifying efforts to screen females aged 30 to 65 years old in identified health… Read More
Zubiri asks TESDA to prepare workforce for influx of foreign companies
May 17, 2024, 6:08 pm
MANILA – Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Friday told the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to step up in preparing the Filipino workforce for the expected influx of foreign companies once Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 is approved by Congress. "Malaking… Read More
Comelec, NCSC join forces to register more elderly voters
May 17, 2024, 5:56 pm
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) joined forces to encourage more elderly persons to sign up as voters in the 2025 midterm polls. Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia and NCSC chairperson Franklin Quijano signed the memorandum… Read More
Convict in Vhong detention case turned over to BuCor
May 17, 2024, 4:45 pm
MANILA – Prison officials on Friday reported that the last of four convicts sentenced for the illegal detention of actor Vhong Navarro has been turned over to the Bureau of Correction (BuCor) for incarceration. In a statement, the BuCor said Ferdinand Guerrero was turned over by the National… Read More
Queen Máxima to visit PH; help advance financial inclusion
May 17, 2024, 4:43 pm
MANILA – Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is set to visit the Philippines next week to help advance financial inclusion. The Dutch royalty will travel to the country in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) from May… Read More
Legarda: Specific legislation still needed after RBH 6 approval
May 17, 2024, 4:40 pm
MANILA – Congress still needs to craft specific measures that will open up the Philippine economy to foreign ownership even if Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 will be approved by inserting the "unless otherwise provided by law" phrase in the proposed amendments of the 1987 Constitution,… Read More
BuCor assures transparency in CHR probe on strip search policy
May 17, 2024, 4:34 pm
MANILA – The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday assured transparency in the investigation launched by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on prison strip searches on visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). In a statement BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. debunked claims… Read More
BOC: Standardized Customs dues, fees, charges take effect June 10
May 17, 2024, 4:17 pm
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) would implement new guidelines on the different service fees, dues, and charges being collected from various stakeholders for its service starting next month. In Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No. 02-2024 dated May 11 and made public Friday, the BOC said… Read More
Save Sofitel Philippine Plaza, its workers – NAPC
May 17, 2024, 4:00 pm
MANILA – The National Anti-Poverty Commission-Formal Labor and Migrant Workers (NAPC-FLMW) on Friday called on stakeholders to create “appropriate and acceptable solutions” for Sofitel Philippine Plaza’s employees. Philippine Plaza Holdings Inc., owner of Sofitel Philippine Plaza, plans to… Read More
DAR adopts digitalization to enhance service delivery
May 17, 2024, 3:57 pm
MANILA – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is embracing full digitalization in all its operations to enhance the delivery of services to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). In a press release Friday, the agency said it is partnering with the Department of Budget and Management-… Read More
Canadian tagged in P9.6-B Batangas shabu haul falls in Cavite
May 17, 2024, 3:44 pm
MANILA – Authorities arrested a Canadian national allegedly linked to the PHP9.68 billion shabu shipment intercepted on April 15 at a checkpoint in Batangas province. In a report released Friday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said the suspect Thomas Gordon O'Quinn, also known as James… Read More
PBBM: Rest areas to make PH 'tourism powerhouse' in Asia
May 17, 2024, 3:31 pm
MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said the establishment of tourist rest areas (TRA) is an important initiative for the government to transform the Philippines into a "tourism powerhouse" in Asia. In his speech during the inauguration of the TRA in Saud, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte,… Read More
US lowers travel alert in 4 Mindanao areas
May 17, 2024, 3:28 pm
MANILA – The United States has downgraded its travel alert for four major travel destinations in Mindanao – Davao City, Davao del Norte, Siargao Island, and the Dinagat Islands. The State Department updated its travel advisory for the Philippines on May 16, lowering from 3 (reconsider travel)… Read More
HIV cases continue to rise; services eyed at primary care facilities
May 17, 2024, 3:26 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) is mulling to provide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services at primary healthcare facilities as 3,410 new cases, with 82 reported deaths were recorded from January to March 2024. Data from the HIV & AIDS and antiretroviral therapy (ART) Registry of… Read More
