Toughness takes the spotlight as G-SHOCK Philippines teams up with Dwight Ramos for an unforgettable event celebrating resilience and style. From the unveiling of new timepieces to inspiring conversations about grit, this gathering highlighted what it means to embody absolute toughness.
The Department of Labor and Employment is looking at lifting the temporary suspension of deployment of health care workers abroad, but with conditions.
Health workers in South Cotabato province are gearing up for the upcoming month-long vaccination campaign for measles and rubella, which seeks to cover around 149,000 children in the area.
A millennial based in Leyte quits his white-collar job and breaks the old-age claim that there is no career in farming by venturing into agriculture. Read his story here:
Bacolod City shares its best practices in responding to the COVID-19 crisis with some LGUs in Negros Occidental and other provinces in Western Visayas.
The Teachers Education Council will institutionalize the National Educators Academy of the Philippines, the Department of Education's professional development arm, which will provide and streamline professional development of teachers and school leaders.
Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino is pushing for the institutionalization of the Emergency Operations Center in various localities in the Visayas to equip them with strategies in the fight against COVID-19.
Fishermen were advised not to sail in Pangasinan as tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 is still up over 10 towns and Alaminos City in the western part of the province, according to the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
The City of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental has granted a PHP10-million fertilizer assistance to rice farmers to ensure food security in the southern locality.
“We can say that the cases are going down. Also, the mortalities have lowered. This is an indication that what the EOC is doing is really having good, positive results,” said Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)-Visayas chief implementer Maj. Gen. Melquiades Feliciano.
“Allow us to set the record straight, once and for all, that there is no contract awarded yet, or any agreement decided upon, on the NAIA Expansion project,” said DOTr Undersecretary for Planning Ruben Reinoso Jr.
This assistance would focus on communities in Metro Manila and the provinces of Northern Samar and Maguindanao that are highly prone to frequent earthquakes, typhoons, and floods.
ARISE Philippines discusses the need to focus on key priority areas in its advocacies on disaster risk reduction in its first virtual Annual General Membership Meeting.
The Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño has relaxed its COVID-19 safety measures and now allows devotees aged 15 to 65 years old inside the church's premises.
"Whether or not it’s in the budget, we have a financing scheme already in place. Kung mayroon na po tayong mabibili ngayon, makakabili na tayo ngayon kasi hindi naman po problema ang financing."
Churchgoers from different religions express gratitude after seating capacity inside churches, mosques, and chapels in the city of Manila was raised to 30 percent from the previous 10 percent.
"Ang maganda po sa ating mga LGUs po ngayon ay talagang 'pagka kailangan nila ng tulong ay talaga pong tumatawag po sila... They are working hard para at least ma-manage po ang ating — ang ating ano po ang ating tinatawag nating ‘yung mga kaso."
More families are going to reunite soon as the province of Ilocos Norte relaxes its borders to returning residents following the reopening of tourism to all Luzon residents including those from areas under general community quarantine status.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto accompanies Vice President Leni Robredo as they meet the volunteer tutors for the hub, as well as one of the parents and her children who have signed up for this assistance.
Health authorities in North Cotabato is slated to intensify their campaign against measles following the higher number of cases recorded from January to October this year compared to the same period last year.
The Bureau of Soils and Water Management of the Department of Agriculture is awaiting the release of fresh funds for more rainwater harvesting-related projects nationwide this year.
"The proper disposal of such medical waste is not only a vital part of defeating COVID-19 but also a means to ensure that future generations have a ‘balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature’ as guaranteed by no less than the 1987 Philippine Constitution," said DIWA Rep. Michael Edgar Aglipay.