Day: October 8, 2024

A total of 420 partner-beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 5 (Bicol) water and food project from Sorsogon province received their wages from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) emergency employment program on Monday. In an interview on Tuesday, Carl James Cabarles, DSWD-5 disaster response management division information officer, said more than PHP3.4 million was disbursed to the beneficiaries from the towns of Sta. Magdalena and Magallanes through the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of DOLE. “Each partner-beneficiary received PHP7,900 as full compensation for participating in a 20-day cash-for-training and work program,

Operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized more than PHP3 million in illegal drugs in week-long operations, including the PHP1.394 million recovered from a lone suspect Tuesday morning. A buy-bust at almost 1 a.m. led to the arrest of alias ‘Lando’ at his residence in Purok San Jose 2, Barangay Sum-ag. The high-value drug personality yielded about 205 grams of shabu pegged at PHP6,800 per gram, according to the report of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU). ‘This arrest reflects the continued dedication of the BCPO in eradicating illegal drugs from the community,’ Col. Joeresty Coronica, police city director,

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on importing foot-and-mouth diseases (FMD)-susceptible animals, products, and by-products from the Republic of Trkiye following a reported FMD outbreak in cattle in Cugun, Merkez, Kirsehir on Sept. 9. DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Memorandum Order 42 last October 4 imposing the temporary import ban to prevent the spread of the FMD virus in the country. “We’re imposing an import ban to mitigate the risk of FMD transmission to our local animal population,” he said in a statement. Under the order, the processing, evaluation, and issuance of

The Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWD) allocated PHP40.9 million worth of assistance through the Cash for Food Subsidy Plus program. Shalaine Marie Lucero, regional director of DSWD-Central Visayas, said the assistance program is a joint project of the agency and the provincial government of Cebu. It is implemented through QR (Quick Response)-coded cards issued to persons with disabilities (PWDs). Lucero said 10,249 PWDs that DSWD identified as poor will receive the PHP500 monthly subsidy for eight months. The PWD residents of the province, including those residing in Mandaue City identified as poor by the Listahan 3 database and

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has gained another badge of honor after the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) lauded Project LAWA and BINHI for its invaluable contribution to climate resilience initiatives. ‘In a LinkedIn post by UN Assistant Secretary-General Reena Ghelani, she mentioned our LAWA and BINHI project, citing it as among the best practices in response to the prevalent issues related to climate crisis and El Niño,’ DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said in a statement on Tuesday. DSWD’s Project LAWA and BINHI stands for Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency

This capital city’s midterm polls next year will see a four-corner fight for the mayoral race as acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on the last day of filing on Tuesday. Garcia will battle three other candidates who earlier filed their COCs – incumbent Councilor Nestor Archival of the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan, former Customs commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, and dismissed mayor Michael Rama under Partido Barug. Running under the Kugi Uswag Uswag Sugbo-Panaghiusa coalition, Garcia pledged to create more opportunities for the city residents to enhance their quality of