Day: July 16, 2024

BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,792 rice farmers in Negros Occidental and Guimaras provinces received a total of PHP13.96 million in cash assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA). In Bago City, the top-producing local government unit in Negros Occidental, a total of PHP4.305 million were distributed to 861 beneficiaries in Barangay Sampinit covered court on Monday, a report of the City Agriculture Office showed. On Tuesday, 863 rice farmers received a total of PHP4.315 million at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center. Meanwhile, 1,068

BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) already has 104,000 registered members as of Tuesday. Of the total, almost 5,000 cardholders have already availed of hospitalization services since the flagship health program began in May 2023. Under the BacCHP ordinance, the city government guarantees PHP15,000 for the hospital bills of each cardholder and their dependents. In an interview, BacCHP focal person Mae Cuaycong said the city government spends PHP9 million to PHP10 million each month for patient admission payments in all partner-hospitals. ‘Our funds are getting low so the last instruction of the mayor (Alfredo Abelardo Benitez)

MANILA: The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recently approved key changes to the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network (LLRN) Project and also set terms for the Bohol and Laguindingan airports. In a statement on Tuesday, the NEDA said the approval was made during the Board’s meeting last July 15. During the meeting, the Board approved modifications to the Phase 1 scope of the LLRN Project, which now includes the development of connecting roads and interchanges in various locations. These locations encompass Barangay Tunasan in Muntinlupa City, as well as San Pedro, Biñan,

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Over 3.1 million hectares (ha) in the Ilocos Region have been planted with tree seedlings since the National Greening Program (NGP) started in 2011, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Tuesday. At the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency in San Fernando City, La Union on Tuesday, DENR-Ilocos Region Executive Director Crizaldy Barcelo said the seedlings planted, mostly in upland forests, have an 85 percent survival rate. These include mostly indigenous species and high-value crops like mango, bamboo, mangrove and coffee. Barcelo said tree-planting activities now include protected areas.

MANILA: The Supreme Court has asked the Senate to comment on a petition filed by suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, but has not handed down an order granting her plea to stop the Legislative chamber from summoning her in its inquiries into Philippine Overseas Gaming Operators (POGO) hubs operating in Pampanga. “The Court required the Senate Committee (on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality) to file its comment to the petition and prayer for TRO (temporary restraining order), within a non-extendible period of ten days from notice,” Court spokesperson Camille Ting said in a message to reporters. “The