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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday instructed the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to intensify the implementation of the development plan for industry modernization and to invest in new technologies to ensure the resilience of the coconut sector. Speaking during the 50th anniversary celebration of the PCA, the President said: “So, the PCA must intensify
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The Office of the Vice President (OVP) through its Disaster Operations Center (OVP-DOC) on Tuesday provided rice assistance to a total of 155 families in Victoria town here. The aid was delivered after Vice President Sara Duterte received a letter from a Mangyan tribe leader asking for immediate rice and food assistance during her visit
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The Philippines continues to study the proposal of the United States to make the country a transit area for Afghan nationals being resettled in the US and other areas, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr said on Thursday. The President clarified both sides have not reached a deal regarding the Afghans. He made the statement when
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will launch its Oplan Pag-Abot on Friday, June 30, through a simulation activity of the project’s reach-out operation at the DSWD Central Office in Batasan, Quezon City. As one of the newest projects of the DSWD, Oplan Pag-Abot aims to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities of children,
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Deputy Speaker and Las Pinas Rep. Camille Villar sought much needed improvements in healthcare delivery to ensure pregnant women get sufficient medical care and to combat rise in pregnancy-related complications, including deaths. Villar has filed House Resolution 1025 to look into the rising maternal deaths in recent years, as 2,478 women died due to pregnancy-related
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The government is carrying out a cumulative impact assessment on the Manila Bay Reclamation to determine its effects to the environment, Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said on Tuesday. In a media briefing, Yulo-Loyzaga was asked by reporters about President Ferdinand R, Marcos Jr.’s position on the Manila Bay Reclamation after several groups urged the
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured on Tuesday that there is enough supply of rice to provide for the daily food requirement of Filipinos as the country enters the 3rd quarter of the year. According to Undersecretary Leo S. Sebastian, who heads the DA’s Masagana Rice Industry Program (MRIP), a bountiful harvest for the January
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday called on the Assembly of Service Academies and Schools Alumni Association of the Philippines (ASASAAP) to support the government’s goal of promoting inclusive development, and maintaining peace and order in the country. “I therefore call on all of you to support our goal of promoting inclusive development across
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday called on all Filipinos to show solidarity with Muslims in celebrating Eid’l Adha or Feast of Sacrifice to mark the culmination of the Hajj– the fifth pillar of Islam. “Let us also join them in solidarity as they honor Ibrahim who–when commanded by Allah to sacrifice his own
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday called on all Filipinos to be the country’s “tourism ambassadors” and “top influencers,” saying that the greatest asset of Filipinos is their “genuine warmth” and hospitality. “I enjoin you all to be our country’s promoters, advocates, and if I may borrow a coined term in this age of
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