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

COTABATO CITY – The Maguindanao del Sur provincial board approved Tuesday a resolution declaring the entire province in a state of calamity due to massive flooding that submerged 17 of 24 municipalities and affected over 60,000 families. Tim Ambolodto, provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, said the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has recommended placing the province under calamity to allow the provincial government to use its calamity funds. A total of 123 villages in 17 of 24 towns in Maguindanao del Sur remained underwater due to light to heavy downpours in the province and nearby areas

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,

LAOAG CITY – A total of 53 owners of micro and small enterprises from Ilocos Region graduated Tuesday from the three-month mentoring program under the Go Negosyo’s Kapatid Mentor Me-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) program. Twelve of the graduates were from Ilocos Norte while the rest were from the provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan. The partnership between the Department of Trade and Industry-Region 1 (DTI-Ilocos) and the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship – Go Negosyo empowers micro-enterprises with business development tools. Ilocos Norte’s first Business Incubation Center in this city serves as a co-working space and a one-stop-shop for

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