With impressive tourism recovery in 2023, shown in the substantial increase in both tourist arrivals and tourism revenue, localities in the Southeastern and Mekong Delta regions have made huge plans for 2024, solidifying their tourism brand, developi…

DUMAGUETE CITY: The prices of pork in Negros Oriental, particularly in this capital city, continued to rise amid a perceived low supply of live hogs, authorities said Monday.

Dr. Alfonso Tundag, quarantine officer of the Department of Agriculture-Bur…

MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday directed the agency’s social workers to continue the conduct of counseling to the families who lost their loved ones following a landslide that hit Barangay…

LEGAZPI CITY: Different pharmacies in the Bicol region on Monday started to accept guarantee letters from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as payment for the purchase of medicines, a DSWD-5 official said.

Jastine Joy Dichoso Es…

MANILA: The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is allocating PHP700 million to provide agriculture-related courses to over 50,000 farmers and dependents registered under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF).

TESD…

PADRE GARCIA: The municipal government here has put recycling at the heart of its solid waste management program and is leveraging modern technology to make discarded items useful again.

In an interview on Monday, Rouel Kasilag, Municipal Environment…

MANILA: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) on Monday warned that individuals and groups using the agency’s name and logo without authority may face criminal prosecution and jail time.

In a statement, CSC chairperson Karlo Nograles stressed anew that …