The Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) on Thursday said it has inaugurated two mosques and other infrastructure projects in Marawi City. In his three-day visit to the war-torn city, TFBM chairperson Secretary Eduardo del Rosario led the ceremonial opening of the Marinaut Mosque and the White Mosque. Del Rosario also graced the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for Marawi’s four village complexes in barangays Datu Naga, Datu Dansalan, Moncado Kadingilan, and West Marinaut. “Progress comes from effective governance, which in part could be achieved through the establishment of these barangay complexes,” del Rosario, also the country’s housing czar, said during the inauguration ceremony
There is continuous progress in the registration pace of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) project amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In an advisory on Thursday, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the lead implementing agency of the PhilSys, reported a total of 30,043,249 Filipinos have already done with the biometrics process, the second phase of PhilSys registration, as of Sept 10. PSA Undersecretary Dennis Mapa said the “milestone was recorded despite the varying community quarantine restrictions imposed in some areas.” “The PSA is grateful to the public for their continued support and enthusiasm to register to PhilSys. We are optimistic that registrations
Communications Secretary Martin M. Andanar appealed to the Senate to support the proposed PHP1.91 billion budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and its attached agencies to better communicate the government’s achievements to the Filipino people. “Your support will help us continue to communicate hope to our people that better days are coming for the Philippines,” Andanar told the members of the Senate committee on finance during the budget deliberation on Thursday. Andanar said the proposed budget is approximately 18 percent higher than the PHP1.62 billion appropriations this year. He said the budget will be used to continue the
A total of 391,044 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine doses have so far been administered across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as of Wednesday night, the region’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported. Dr. Bashary Latiph, the BARMM health minister, said of the total number, 150,985 have been administered their first dose, another 83,217 have completed their two doses of the jab, and 156,842 have received the single-shot Janssen vaccine. “The other vaccines we used are the two-dose Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, and Sinopharm brands,” he said in a statement Thursday. The BARMM comprises the cities of Marawi,
Innovation-driven and creativity-packed owners of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are expected to help fuel the recovery of the sector from the pandemic. In his speech during the virtual launch of Project Match on Thursday, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the program addresses small businesses’ need to have linkage and access to appropriate digital solutions and financing. “And what better way to do that than to match and pair them with startups that provide these services as well as the technology. More importantly, linking them with financing institutions is a good way for their
The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday praised the country’s pandemic task force for reaching 40,030,388 in total doses administered as of September 15. Based on the latest data from the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19, a total of 22,354,429 have received their first dose while the remaining 17,675,959 have been fully vaccinated. “The DOT commends the government’s NTF against Covid-19 and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for its successful vaccination efforts to combat the spread of the dreaded novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country,” the DOT said in a statement.
