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Duterte administration to build more Malasakit Centers to help poor Filipinos – SAP Bong Go

In line with the President Duterte’s directive to bring government services closer to the people, Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher “Bong” Go said that more Malasakit Centers, one-stop facilities...

More grantees eyed for DWSD modified conditional cash transfer program

MANILA -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Virginia Orogo is seeking more beneficiaries of the modified conditional cash transfer (MCCT) program, which targets to give cash grants to those...

DA offers P25k loan to Mayon-affected farmers

LEGAZPI CITY -- Some 277 farmers from 15 barangays in Oas town, Albay province can now avail of loan with no collateral, no interest and payable in two years or four cropping seasons. Small...

Exhibits, film screenings to raise trafficking awareness slated

MANILA -- Ending human trafficking is a matter of global concern, and as a “top tier” of compliant governments in the 2018 United States Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, the Philippines is...

DA bullish on 2018 national rice production target

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects to reach its harvest target of 20 million metric tons of palay this year, despite damages to agriculture caused by recent weather disturbances in some...

Pagcor donates P14.7-M to Alaminos City’s e-Kawayan project

ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan -- The city government received a PHP14.7-million financial grant from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) as additional funding for its Hundred Islands Engineered Kawayan (e-Kawayan) Project. “The amount...

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