About 94 farmer-agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the province of Pangasinan have received their computerized land titles through Project SPLIT or the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). DAR Undersecretary for Foreign-Assisted and Special Projects Office, Virginia Orogo, in her speech during the distribution on Friday, called on the recipients to “take care of the lands given to you” as she assured the continuance of the distribution of individual land titles to ARBs or landless agricultural workers. This was also the call of Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino III in his speech,

The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the Philippines on Saturday have aired “serious concern” over the situation in the East and the South China Sea, where China and other littoral states have an ongoing maritime dispute. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi “strongly opposed” actions that may increase tensions in the area and agreed on ensuring the observance of the 2016 Arbitral Award and international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). “Japan concurred with the Philippines’ long-standing

Filipinos should take advantage of the free Covid-19 vaccination program, particularly availing of booster shots, amid election-related and religious activities that entail mass gatherings and are high-risk events. National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid special medical adviser, Dr. Ted Herbosa, said Saturday that a surge of Covid-19 cases is being anticipated in the next two months due to the campaign period, observance of Ramadhan, and Holy Week for Catholics “We remind the public that while it’s Holy Week and some don’t have work, you may avail of booster shots,” Herbosa said at the “Laging Handa” public briefing, adding that even

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in the thick of preparations for the full transfer of responsibilities to local government units (LGUs) in compliance with Executive Order (EO) 138. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in June 2021, the EO went into effect this year in line with the implementation of the 2018 Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court Ruling, granting LGUs a nearly 40 percent boost in their portion of the national government’s annual tax collections. “Sa kasalukuyan, ang DSWD ay isinasaayos na iyong ating mga plano para sa pagpapasa o pag-devolve o paglipat ng kapangyarihan ng pagpapatupad ng mga