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DA assures sufficient food supply until June
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Thursday assured the public that the country has adequate supplies of food, including rice, until June amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. During a ...
- April 24, 2020
Water from Butuanon River tests negative for poliovirus
More than 200 water samples taken from the Butuanon River in Mandaue City tested negative for the poliovirus. After initial reports that the Butuanon River was contaminated with the poliovirus, the Metropolitan Cebu Water ...
- April 14, 2020
31 LGUs sign petition banning single-use plastic
A petition for a nationwide ban on the use of single-use plastic has been signed by 31 coastal local government units (LGUs). Faced with twin problems of massive flooding and uncontrollable material waste, LGUs in the ...
- November 23, 2020
Innovations for sustainable oceans
On the occasion of World Oceans Day, the role of the oceans -- which provide the oxygen we breathe, food, as well as regulate the climate -- will be celebrated online Monday with the theme “Innovation for Sustainable Ocean”. ...
- June 11, 2020
Neg. Occ. MSMEs avail DOST fund assistance for production efficiency, product development
Three micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Negros Occidental received financial assistance to adopt technological innovations through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program Innovation-Enabling Fund ...
- October 2, 2020
4 survive aircraft accident in Zambo
Four persons on board a training aircraft survived after their plane ditched near the sea wall of Sinunuc Boulevard in Zamboanga City Tuesday morning. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesperson and chief ...
- July 8, 2020
Bohol town mayor defies acting gov on whale shark feeding
Lila town Mayor Arturo “Jed” Piollo II continues to defy an executive order issued by Bohol Acting Gov. Rene Relampagos suspending all whale shark feeding and watching activities in the town. Piollo also declined an ...
- January 18, 2020
Alex de Rossi pokes fun at Manila Bay white sand project, attacked by netizens
Social media is still toxic for celebrities as Alessandra de Rossi found out recently, making an offhand comment about the Manila Bay white sand project. Taking to Twitter to poke fun on the issue, Alex said, “Pakibilis-bilisan ...
- September 11, 2020
AC Energy doing okay on clean-up, EMB head says
AC Energy Philippines, the owner of the barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, 2020, is doing okay in its clean-up activity, according to the regional ...
- July 17, 2020
Solons want probe on Manila Bay 'white sand' project
A group of lawmakers filed a resolution on Tuesday calling for an investigation on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) ‘white sand’ project at the Manila Bay. The Makabayan bloc in the House of ...
- September 10, 2020