TACLOBAN CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed family food packs (FFPs) to 374 families in remote villages of Northern Samar displaced by recent clashes between government forces and rebels.
Each family got two…
LIPA CITY: The Department of Agriculture in Calabarzon (DA-4A) is implementing various interventions to mitigate the effects of El Niño on farmers in the region and ensure that they can produce food through the lean months.
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MANILA: The quarterly National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) aims to enhance the “conditioned response” of Filipinos for sudden tremblors and other disasters, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Monday.
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BACOLOD CITY: Average residential power rates in all three distribution utilities in Negros Occidental decreased in March due to lower generation charge as well as reduced prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).
Data on Monday showed …
MANILA: Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to establish research and development alliances with maritime countries as a means of mobilizing international support after last Saturday’s water cannon attack …
DUMAGUETE CITY: Authorities are keeping a close watch on highly elevated areas in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental after a series of wildfires razed portions of Mt. Pamari and Bao-Bao Peak.
Adrian Sedillo, executive director of the Provincial Disaster R…
MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said it has summoned officials of the Chinese Embassy to express the Philippines’ “strong protest” over the “aggressive actions” by the Chinese Coast Guard and its maritime militia against the …
BACOLOD CITY: The Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC)-Western Visayas (Region 6) approved the declaration of a state of stable internal peace and security (SIPS) in Negros Occidental during its first quarter meeting in Bago City, just south of Bac…
