Promoting the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) platform on the family-based initiative on food security, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas has started accepting entries for its search for the best community vegetable gardening project. Leah Quintana, DSWD-7 information officer, said their office is now calling for participants in its…
A House of Representatives panel on Wednesday approved a measure which provides for an annual PHP750 emergency grant to persons with disabilities (PWDs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis. During its virtual hearing, the House Special Committee on Persons with Disabilities, chaired by Negros Occidental Rep. Ma. Lourdes Arroyo, approved House Bill 7180, otherwise…
About PHP140 million worth of crops in at least 21 Maguindanao towns have been damaged due to heavy downpours brought about by the prevailing rainy season, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) agriculture office reported Wednesday. Minister Mohammad Yacob of BARMM’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) said of the damaged…
Banks’ preference for a longer tenor term deposit facility (TDF) resulted in mixed results of the facility’s interest rates on Wednesday. Data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that the average rate of the two-week TDF rose to 1.8118 percent while the rate of the one-week TDF slipped to 1.7464 percent. During…
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has underscored the critical role of the newly formed Philippine Trade Facilitation Committee (PTFC) in enabling the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to actively participate in international trade and broaden their access to global value chains. During the first meeting of the PTFC on Wednesday, Dominguez said the…
The Bloomberg recognition for Butuan City as among the finalists to the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge is a great honor to the people of the city. “Butuan City is honored to be selected as one of the 50 Champion Cities in the Bloomberg 2021 Global Mayors Challenge,” Mayor Ronnie Vicente C. Lagnada said in a…
