Day: September 12, 2024

BAGUIO CITY – More than 3,500 farmers from the six provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will benefit from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) farm assistance aimed to ensure food sustainability. Aida Pagtan, DA-CAR’s Regional Agriculture Fisheries Information Service (RAFIS) chief, told the Philippine News Agency on Thursday that among the equipment that will be distributed in various sites in the region on Friday are power sprayers, knapsack sprayers, mechanical transplanter, multi tiller, and forage chopper. Certified seeds will also be given to the farmers as well as disinfectants, biofertilizers, and fertilizer, she said. Abra farmers will also be

MANILA – The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) continued support has helped the Philippines in delivering ‘clear and impactful’ actions to give Filipinos a brighter future, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Thursday. During the launching and ceremonial turnover of the ADB Philippines Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2024-2029 at Malacañan Palace in Manila, Marcos said the ADB has been ‘a reliable partner in Philippine development.” Marcos stressed that under the new CPS for 2024-2029, the ADB is not just supporting the Philippine government’s projects but is also laying the groundwork for Filipinos’ better future. ‘Thanks to the ADB, we are

BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Western Visayas (DSWD-6) is preparing PHP147.575 million in relief resources and standby funds as part of its response in the event of another eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island. Data on Thursday showed these include PHP144.848 million worth of food and non-food items and PHP3 million in standby funds. Mt. Kanlaon is currently under Alert 2, with increased seismic activity observed since earlier this week, which could result in sudden steam-driven or phreatic eruptions, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In Negros Occidental, the DSWD-6 has

MANILA – The operations and maintenance of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will be turned over to a private consortium on Sept. 14, but its current operator, Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), advised the public to manage expectations in terms of improvements in the country’s main gateway. Speaking in Thursday’s Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, MIAA executive assistant Chris Bendijo was asked what are the changes the public could expect in the airport’s operations and facilities. “Sa mga improvements, we’d also like to manage expectations na hindi naman ito overnight mangyayari ay gaganda at mai-enhance na po ang ating paliparan

MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 6 (Western Visayas) is on high alert after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of an ‘eruptive unrest and an increase in the alert level’ due to the seismic activity of Mt. Kanlaon. ‘As instructed by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the DSWD is on high gear as our regional offices prepare for the worst, amid the volcanic unrest of Mt. Kanlaon,’ Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DMRG) Irene Dumlao said on Thursday. Dumlao said FO-Western Visayas currently has PHP147 million-worth of food and non-food