The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) are holding a series of meetings to set an “amenable” suggested retail price (SRP) for sugar, as sugar prices increased in some markets in Metro Manila. As of Wednesday, prevailing retail prices in Metro Manila are at PHP100/kilo of refined sugar; PHP90/kilo of wash sugar; and PHP86.50 for brown sugar. In an interview on Tuesday, DA Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista said a price range is “most likely” to be released, considering the supply from local producers. “So, we have to look into the supply both ‘yung
The Quezon City government has been given the “Circle of Excellence” award, along with five other cities in the world, for its effective response to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Mayor Joy Belmonte personally received the award from the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) during the Fast-Track Cities 2022 conference in Sevilla, Spain. “We dedicate this award to our healthcare workers and other front-liners who have put their lives on the line to address the needs of QCitizens during the pandemic,” Belmonte said in a statement on Wednesday. “This
The Ilocos Norte government has been expanding its fuel subsidy program to reach out to more tricycle drivers in the province and help them cope with the continuing rise in fuel prices. On Wednesday, a total of 943 trike drivers received PHP4,000 each from the Ilocos Norte government led by Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc at the village hall of Barangay Cabungaan-B here. This brings to 2,690 the total number of tricycle drivers from five municipalities and this city who have received PHP4,000 each from the local government in the past two days. Since Tuesday, the governor and
Seven more barangays in three local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental have been identified and included in the list of villages affected by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) insurgency to be prioritized under the government’s whole-of-nation approach. These barangays are Milagrosa, Nagbalaye, Nagbinlod, and Talalak in Sta. Catalina town; Pula in Canlaon City; and Apoloy and Mantikil in Siaton town, according to Farah Gentuya, provincial director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), on Wednesday. “They will be included in the Re-tooled Community Support Program (RCSP) 2022 and we have
Davao Region is now “insurgency-free” following the series of successful peace and order initiatives that dismantled the remnants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the area. During a meeting at the Naval Felix Apolinario Station here Wednesday, members of the Regional Peace and Order Council–Davao (RPOC-11) signed a resolution declaring the entire region as cleared of insurgents as of Sept. 19, 2022. Davao region is the third region in the country declared as insurgency-free, following Regions 1 and 9. The declaration came after the five-province Region 11 was declared to have been cleared out of
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