The Department of Education (DepEd) 6 (Western Visayas) is appealing to parents to enroll their children in time for the opening of classes on September 13. DepEd-6 Director Ramir B. Uytico, in a press conference on Friday, said public schools in Western Visayas would continue to accept enrollees until September 13. He, however, noted that no official declaration has been made on a possible extension. Data from DepEd’s Policy, Planning and Research Division (PPRD) showed that as of September 9, the region has 1,491,186 enrollees, which is equivalent to 71.13 percent of their enrollment last school year of 2.09 million.
The country’s housing sector remained steadfast in providing decent, safe, and resilient shelters to all Filipinos despite the adverse impact of the pandemic on the economy. In a statement on Friday, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Eduardo del Rosario noted that housing production has increased by up to 15 percent since 2016. Del Rosario lamented though that production slowed down when the health crisis struck last year. “But surprisingly, ngayong 2021, figures showed na tumaas na tayo at nataasan na natin ang 2019 (this 2021, figures show that we have surpassed the rate in 2019) for
The Bangsamoro Youth Commission of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BYC-BARMM) has encouraged regional youth organizations to submit project proposals for possible funding from the commission and its partner development agencies. In an interview on Friday, BYC chairperson Marjanie Mimbantas Macasalong said the project proposals are for positive community transformation. “The overall project dubbed ‘Ideation Impact Challenge: Connecting Minds, Creating the Future 2021′ is a call for the youth who advocate for community peacebuilding and development in the BARMM,” he said. Spearheaded by BYC in partnership with the United Nations Development Program and co-funded by the European Union,
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has restored power to all transmission lines damaged by Typhoon Jolina, the system’s operator has reported. The Visayas grid’s last affected line, the Calbayog-Bliss 69kV line, was restored at 7:33 a.m. on Friday. “Transmission services in other affected areas are now under normal operations as NGCP successfully completed the restoration of lines affected by the typhoon,” the NGCP said in its update sent to reporters. The NGCP mobilized its line crews to restore power in areas in the region hit by widespread power outages when the typhoon crossed the region on Sept.
Three suspects yielded around PHP650,000 worth of illegal drugs in an operation in this province on Thursday. Col. Rhoderick Campo, director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office, said on Friday members of the Cabanatuan City Police Station arrested Dexter Mendoza, Alberto Gayla, and Joey Pajulas in a buy-bust in Barangay Sangitan West, Cabanatuan City. Confiscated from the suspects were 22 heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing 96 grams of shabu worth around PHP652,800, a PHP1,000 bill, and a PHP500 bill used as marked money. The suspects will be charged with violations of Section 5 and 11, Article II of Republic
Rate of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) 28-day bills declined on Friday as demand remains strong, buoyed by the high liquidity situation in the economy. Data released by the central bank showed that the average rate of the debt paper, which is another excess liquidity siphoning facility of the BSP, slipped to 1.7181 percent from 1.7194 percent during the auction last September 3. BSP retained the offer volume at PHP110 billion, and the auction committee made a full award. Total tenders reached PHP137.82 billion, lower than PHP148.05 billion worth of bids in the previous auction. BSP Deputy Governor Francisco
