TACLOBAN: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is conducting an assessment of at least 20,306 poor families in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) classified as ‘not found’ in the Listahanan 3 database.
The Listahanan or the National Househ…
BACOLOD: The Negros Occidental provincial government is expanding its community-based nutrition program (CBNP) to Cauayan town to address high incidence of malnutrition among young children in the southern Negros locality.
Some 16 of the town’s 25 vi…
MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and local government units (LGUs) of Northern Samar on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of three ports in the province.
During the signing of the MOA in Northern Sama…
MANILA: Taiwan donated 1,000 metric tons (MT) of milled rice to serve as additional supply to the relief and pro-poor programs of the Department of Social and Welfare Development.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines Represen…
MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday said low transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and its mild cases were reported during the holidays.
In a statement, the DOH said there were 3,147 new Covid-19 cases in the country.
Th…
ILOILO: Mayor Jerry Treñas has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to compel the National Grid Corporation (NGCP) to improve its transmission lines as the island of Panay, including Iloilo City, continue…
LAOAG CITY: A 70-year-old female passenger bound for Manila is facing charges for making a bomb joke while her luggage is being screened at the departure area of the Laoag International Airport (LIA) Wednesday night.
Police Captain Nelson Fantonia, t…