The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) procured seven additional food trucks on top of its existing 16 units as part of its efforts to help address hunger in the country, especially in times of disasters. The country’s premiere humanitarian organization’s Hot Meals on Wheels fleet, a first of its kind in the country, is part of PRC’s quick response program as these vehicles are quickly deployed to disaster-stricken areas. Currently, the food trucks are stationed in key strategic areas nationwide to hasten relief operations in times of disaster. PRC’s Hot Meals on Wheels first started in 2005, through the vision and

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. and US Embassy Chargé d’affaires John C. Law signed the Philippine-United States Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (AMSAR) Agreement on July 30. The AMSAR Agreement provides delimitations on the search and rescue regions of the Philippines and the United States. It fosters stronger bilateral cooperation in the field of maritime and aeronautical search and rescue and enhances both countries’ effectiveness in assisting persons, vessels, aircraft or other craft in distress. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Foreign Affairs, with support from the Philippine Coast Guard, the Civil Aviation Authority

Among the 12 months of the year from the last decade of the past century to the present, August can be considered as one of the most significant months in Philippine history. Here’s why, based on a partial compilation by former Philippine News Agency’s writers of selected historical events that took place in the country during the month of August from the 1890s up to at least the first decade of the current century. It was in August 1896 when a group of brave but poorly armed Filipino patriots and nationalists led by Andres Bonifacio formally launched the campaign for

Cebu province has been downgraded from stricter modified enhanced community quarantine to general community quarantine “with heightened restrictions,” Malacañang said on Sunday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to place Cebu province under GCQ from Aug. 1 to 15. “Cebu Province now under GCQ with heightened restrictions until Aug. 15,” Roque said in a statement. Last Friday, Roque announced that Cebu province and its city have been upgraded to MECQ until Aug. 15 “subject to further appeals by their local government

Residents and officials of Ilocos Norte look forward to converting discarded plastic materials into ecobricks which are even more durable than regular hollow blocks for construction projects. An eco hub facility will soon rise for this purpose in Sitio Bato, Barangay Tonoton of Piddig town, a joint undertaking of the Ayala-led renewable energy corporation, Green Antz Builders, with the provincial and municipal governments. Once fully operational, the facility, which broke ground last Friday, will be collecting and reusing discarded plastic materials and transform them into valuable resources like ecobricks for houses and buildings. Estrella “Baby” Sacro, head of the provincial