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April 25, 2024
MANILA: Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado Estrella III vowed to bring the government to farmers as promised by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to provide them with the necessary support. “The DAR would continuously visit various far-flung communities to see the ARB’s (agrarian reform beneficiaries) situations and conditions and help in the stand of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to fight poverty in the countryside,” Estrella said as he handed the certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) in Zamboanga Peninsula to 1,582 farmers on Tuesday. The distribution of 1,663 CLOAs comprising a total area of 2,653
MANILA: Police seized some PHP9.1 million worth of shabu in buy-busts and arrested an official of the Phillipine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), together with two agents and a driver in Taguig City, National Capital Regin Police Office (NCRPO) chief Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo said Wednesday. Estomo identified the suspects as PDEA Southern District Office (SDO) chief Enrique Lucero, Anthony Vic Alabastro, Jaireh Llaguno, both agents of PDEA SDO, and driver Mark Warren Mallo. They were arrested around 9 p.m. Tuesday at PDEA South District Office on A. Bonifacio St., Barangay Upper Bicutan, Taguig City. Seized from them
LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) has launched Wednesday the Listahanan 3 which now allows data-sharing, giving stakeholders access to the poverty database. Listahanan 3, the third version of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), is an information system for identifying who and where the poor households are, which can be used as basis for targeting beneficiaries for social protection programs. In a press conference, Dir. Justin Caesar Anthony Batocabe of the DSWD Standards Bureau said the whole-of-government approach in addressing poverty applies different interventions, citing programs such as
MANILA: Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso said Wednesday that the proposed measure to establish a sovereign wealth fund is an opportunity for government financial institutions like GSIS and Social Security System to improve the benefits of their members. During the regular Laging Handa Public Briefing, Veloso said GSIS welcomed House Bill No. 6398 being pushed by the House leadership, creating a P250 billion wealth fund where the seed money will come from four GFIs. Veloso also said that GSIS has been investing its “excess investible funds”, and putting them into “Maharlika
MANILA: The Manila City government will be inspecting structures including the Manila City Hall building on Arroceros, following a 5.3 earthquake that jolted Camarines Norte and parts of Meytro Manila on Wednesday afternoon. Lawyer Princess Abante, chief of the city’s Public Information Office (PIO), said Mayor Honey Lacuna has directed the City Engineering office to inspect buildings in the city. “The mayor has given a directive to City Engr. Andres to inspect all schools, housing projects, and hospitals, including the Manila City Hall following the earthquake that just happened,” she said in a message to reporters. The
MANILA : President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday reminded local government units (LGUs) to be more prudent in the use of government funds and assets, citing the scarcity of resources and limited fiscal space. “We have to be very careful [on] how we deploy what resources that we have. And again to maximize those resources we have to be in very close coordination, both the national government and local government such as the City of Manila,” Marcos said in a speech during a courtesy call of Manila local officials at Malacañan Palace. He said there will be
