PH free of H5N6 bird flu virus
THE Philippines is now free of the avian inflienza (AI) or bird flu A(H5N6) virus. This was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) citing that as of Jan. 8,
Author: Cory Martinez
Raps filed vs 2 QC hall execs, loan body staff
TWO Quezon City hall officers and a staff of a city-hall based savings and loan association have been charged before the regional court for their alleged involvement in the illegal
DENR thanks Isko, Manila vloggers for support
[caption id="attachment_11347" align="alignright" width="215"] DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units (LGUs) Concerns Benny Antiporda[/caption] THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has expressed its appreciation
Dar cites need to open up economy
THERE is a need to open up the economy to create more income opportunities for the benefit of poorer sectors of the country. This was stressed by Agriculture Secretary William
Cagayan River dredging to start late Jan. or early Feb.
THE dredging of the Cagayan River will soon start by late January or early February with the removal of sandbars along its constricted section called "Magapit Narrows." This was disclosed
QC secures initial 1.1M doses of COVID vaccine
AN initial 1.1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been secured to be used for the vaccination program of the Quezon City government. This was learned
ASF-affected swine raisers get cash aid
MORE than P1 million in financial assistance have been provided to at least 23 swine raisers from La Union and Ilocos Sur whose backyard piggeries who were affected by African
9 fishing vessels using buli-buli apprehend by BFAR in Mauban
FISHERIES law enforcers of the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) recently apprehended nine commercial fishing vessels using Danish Seine, locally known as buli-buli or
300 sanitary landfills to be set up in PH by 2022
AROUND 300 sanitary landfills (SLFs) are being targeted to be established nationwide by 2022 to further improve the country's management of solid waste. Benny Antiporda, Department of Environment and Natural
DENR to provide 178 LGUs with shredder-composter machines
TO help the 178 local government units (LGUs) located within the Manila Bay Region to strictly comply with Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, the Department of Environment and