The Sangguniang Bayan of Oton in Iloilo province has placed the municipality under a state of calamity on Thursday due to the spread of the African swine fever (ASF) in 10 of the town’s 37 villages. “As per record of the municipal agriculture and cooperative office, there are already hundreds of swine/pigs already depopulated causing a rippling effect to all swine-related business such as swine growers, middleman, meat processors, and many more staggering millions of pesos of losses to swine farmers,” said part of the resolution that was unanimously passed by the council during a special session. Committee
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin C. Abalos Jr. on Thursday urged local government units (LGUs) to immediately address the 1.4 million backlog in the registration of vaccination records in the Vaccination Information Management System (VIMS) that is needed for the issuance of VaxCertPH. VaxCertPH is the government’s official digital vaccination certificate program, which is based on the centralized data in the VIMS. “This has long been an issue in our LGUs as we try to improve the inventory of Filipino citizens who have registered for VaxCertPH. We implore our LGUs to work double
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday said foreign cooperatives from Singapore, New Zealand, and Israel are thrilled to enter the country and join Filipinos. Marcos made the remark in his speech during the 2022 Metro Manila Cooperative Congress attended by 150 cooperatives throughout the National Capital Region (NCR) held at Pasig City. She said these foreign cooperatives are expected to bring technology and additional capital investment for larger cooperatives in the country which will only be possible if her filed Senate Bill (SB) No. 418 seeking to amend Republic Act (RA) 6938 or the Cooperative Code of the Philippines
A measure seeking to establish public schools in geographically isolated disadvantaged conflict-affected areas (GIDCAAs) has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. In a meeting on Wednesday, the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture, chaired by Pasig City Representative Roman Romulo, approved the consolidated version of House Bills 650 and 1947, both of which aim to make education more physically accessible to the public by regulations and repairs and prioritizing the construction of new school buildings. The bill, therefore, authorizes the renovations and establishment of access roads leading to last mile public schools. Last mile
Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday said Republic Act No. 11935, the law postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) from Dec. 5 this year to Oct. 30, 2023, is “a valid and legal legislation” of Congress. Voting for the postponement bill, Rodriguez said there is no specific provision in the Constitution that prohibits the deferment of the barangay and SK elections. “The law is constitutional and is a valid and legal legislative act of the Congress,” he said in a statement. “The term limit of elected local government officials provided in Section
Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) Undersecretary Garry De Guzman met leaders of sectoral groups, including urban poor, to tackle housing projects implementations, highlighting the inclusivity of President Ferdinand R. Marcos’ Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino: Zero ISF 2028 Program. De Guzman, officer-in-charge of the DHSUD, led the dialogue with the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Masang Pilipino (KAMPIL), Pilipino Drivers Transport Academy Philippines (PDTap), and Philippine Association of Detective and Protective Agency Operators (PADPAO) on Oct. 18. “This engagement with sectoral groups underscores the inclusivity of the administration’s housing program. That every Filipino family can
