The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and World Vision Development Foundation Inc. signed on Monday a memorandum of agreement for the implementation of Project Against Child Exploitation (ACE). Project ACE is a three-year child welfare protection project in Northern Mindanao and Metro Manila. “This aims to further strengthen the capacity of our social…
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said Cebu province must abide by the arrival protocols of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a virtual presser after Malacañang’s order to divert all international flights from Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) in…
The construction of the 38-kilometer Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase I project is on track with overall progress rate of almost 50 percent, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Monday. Tugade, together with Governor Daniel Fernando, visited and inspected the ongoing construction at the Balagtas Station site in Barangay Borol…
The regional inter-agency task force on emerging infectious diseases (RIATF) passed a resolution suspending the return of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) to the province of Biliran and Southern Leyte. The two provinces requested for a moratorium due to increasing cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that has crowded their quarantine facilities. The 14-day moratorium…
The Naval Task Group (NTG)-Sulu has rescued 19 people from a distressed wooden-hulled vessel off the waters of Banguingui, Sulu, Navy officials announced Monday. Rear Adm. Toribio Adaci, Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) commander, said they were rescued around 12:15 a.m. Monday aboard the ill-fated vessel, M/L Sea Glory skippered by Mohammad Ali Assiong, 58….
About 500 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu’s southwestern town of Pinamungajan will benefit from a joint project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the provincial government of Cebu. The Enhanced Countryside Development (ECD) project aims to ensure food security amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and targets farmers in the barangays, Governor…
