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Day: August 3, 2023

Villar assures tobacco included in proposed anti-smuggling bill

Senator Cynthia Villar on Thursday assured that tobacco is included in the list of agricultural products covered by her proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage bill which will include hoarding, profiteering, and cartel of agricultural products to…

Landbank releases P16.6M loan to Leyte farmers

State-run Landbank of the Philippines has extended a PHP16.63 million loan to rice farmers in Leyte from January to June 2023 through its two major lending programs. Landbank Leyte Lending Center head Resty Ilagan said some 96 farmers received the loa…

Davao rolls out P7-M mobile library

The Davao City Library and Information Center (CLIC) launched its latest PHP7-million mobile library at the People’s Park on Wednesday. In a statement Thursday, CLIC head Salome Enoc said the city’s third mobile library bus holds around 2,000 book tit…

DepEd sets SY 2023-2024 class opening on Aug. 29

The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Thursday that opening of classes for the school year (SY) 2023-2024 in all public schools will be on August 29. Private schools may opt to open their classes from the first Monday of June, but not later…

DSWD rolls out emergency cash transfer to Egay victims in Ilocos

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its provincial field office here, rolled out on Thursday the provision of cash assistance to the first batch of beneficiaries affected by Typhoon Egay. During the first day of the cash pa…