Day: September 25, 2024

MANILA: The House of Representatives on Wednesday terminated its deliberation on the proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for 2025. Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, budget sponsor, said there was no representative from the OVP to assist him in defending the budget proposal, highlighting that such absence is “unprecedented.” “This is the first time that this ever happened that the head of agency nor any representative from the agency attended pre-budget deliberation up to the last stretch of the budget cycle, which is today,” Adiong said. The plenary deliberation had been repeatedly deferred since

BACOOR: Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said Wednesday the new bike lanes being constructed in Bacoor, Cavite would help address the worsening vehicular congestion in the city. During the groundbreaking ceremony for the bike lanes here, Bautista said the bike lanes would have an immediate impact on residents and encourage more cyclists to participate in the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Active Transport Program. ‘With the construction of bike lanes, kahit papaano makakatulong tayo na mabawasan ang traffic dito sa Bacoor (we will be able to reduce some vehicle congestion in Bacoor),’ he said. He also called on the project’s contractor, Metro

LAOAG CITY: The local government unit of Solsona in Ilocos Norte province has received a five-star rating in an energy audit conducted by the Department of Energy (DOE). Lawyer Alfonso Jeziel de los Reyes, Solsona’s information officer and legal officer, said a team from DOE conducted an energy audit at the municipal government on Monday under the department’s Government Energy Management Program. “The audit yielded impressive results, with LGU Solsona earning a 92.63 percent score, equivalent to DOE’s 5-star rating,’ he said in an interview Wednesday. De los Reyes said key indicators presented during the assessment include the institutionalization of

CALAMBA CITY: The 24th Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) is set to deliver over PHP824 million worth of various assistance programs to the province of Cavite. This amount includes PHP276 million earmarked for cash assistance and PHP548 million for in-kind support, aside from 255,500 kilograms of rice to be distributed to beneficiaries in several areas across the province. During a press conference on Wednesday at the Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite, lawyer Shawn Capucion of the BPSF National Secretariat announced that the convergence caravan, scheduled for Sept. 27 and 28, will directly serve 100,000 residents of the province. Of

CALAMBA CITY: The Calamba Water District (CWD) has implemented a cutting-edge ultraviolet (UV) hydro-optic disinfection system at its pumping station in Barangay Bucal, significantly improving water quality for residents of this city. In an interview on Wednesday, Exequiel Aguilar Jr., general manager of CWD, shared that this advanced disinfection method reduces the need for chlorine in the service pipes that supply households. Submerged closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems are also now in place to monitor the clarity of the water in the reservoir. The modernization program for the water facility began in 2021 as a response to the Clean Water Act