A total of 3,982 registered members of the Quezon City Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) have received fuel vouchers from the city government to help cushion the effects of the successive increases in the prices of fuel products. Mayor Joy Belmonte during her birthday on Tuesday distributed fuel vouchers amounting to PHP500 to the first batch of eligible TODA members. She said the voucher will help alleviate the burdens of small tricycle operators and drivers amid the recent spike in fuel prices. “While we are waiting for the fuel subsidy promised by the national government, we recognize the urgent

In what could be one of his most comprehensive platforms of governance yet, presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said he would work for an elaborate and all-encompassing food production program for the country to attain what he described as food sovereignty if he wins the May 9 elections. In a recent radio interview, Marcos said he and his running mate Sara “Inday” Duterte are crafting an agricultural blueprint that would ensure every Filipino family would have food on the table when dining time comes. He said the government’s program on addressing poverty and hunger should shift from what he

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of a 22-bed modular hospital within the Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital (MMWGH) compound in Mariveles, Bataan. DPWH-Bataan 2nd District Engineer Ulysses C. Llado said on Tuesday the completion of the project has met the potential need for additional health facilities amid the continuing threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “While the number of Covid-19 cases in our province has dropped significantly, we still want to ensure that we can provide our stakeholders with additional health facilities that are ready to use in case of need. This

The Philippine government is pledging USD100,000 or approximately PHP5.22 million to the Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF), Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Wednesday. “I am pledging in 2022, as I did in 2021, US$100,000 to the Yemen Humanitarian Fund to be sourced from our International Commitments Fund. The human situation of the proxy war in Yemen long ago reached unspeakable depths. Money cannot be better spent than to this cause,” he wrote on Twitter. The YHF is one of the largest sources of funding for national non-government organizations in Yemen, with USD26.7 million directly allocated in 2021 and a

The prices of some basic commodities have increased by as much as 12 percent following the spike in fuel prices the past several weeks, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported Wednesday. DTI Provincial Director Grace Aduca warned businesses caught violating the suggested retail price (SRP) of basic and prime commodities will face penalties, including imprisonment. “We have a monitoring team that checks the price of various products within our jurisdiction,” Aduca said in a statement. Basic commodities are daily household necessities that include food and non-food items. Oil companies implemented double-digit price hikes effective Tuesday, marking the 11th