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…
The Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of South Korea and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have collaborated on a study to improve the Philippines’ swine industry through a USD1.2-million project. The “Feasibility Study on Enhancing Meat Safety and Quality through Establishment of Modern Livestock Infrastructure and Inspection Facilities with Traceability Systems” is “important, critical, urgent,…
The House of Representatives, under the leadership of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, has approved on final reading over a hundred vital measures that are responsive to the needs of the Filipino people especially amid the coronavirus pandemic, Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said on Monday. Romualdez said the chamber approved a total of 628 measures, 112…
A House of Representatives panel on Monday approved the consolidation of measures defining the tax rates for proprietary schools in a manner that allows them to avail of the 10-percent discount preferential rate on taxable income and extends to them the same relief granted to non-profit schools. The House Committee on Ways and Means approved…
The Phoenix Suns moved to the Western Conference Finals after sweeping the Denver Nuggets 4-0 in the semifinals late on Sunday. Chris Paul impressed the audience with 37 points, with Devin Booker scoring 34 to lead Suns to a 125-118 win against the Nuggets. MVP Nikola Jokic, who played with 22 points and 11 rebounds…
Various non-government organizations (NGOs), with the support of the town government, have vowed to initiate a periodic cleanup drive in the coastal areas here following the collection of some five tons of garbage at its shorelines on Sunday. “We have yet to finalize the upcoming cleanup schedules with the town government that has initially approved…
