Day: January 14, 2025

Cebu City: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) household beneficiaries in Central Visayas with pregnant members or children aged 0 to 2 are called to update their household profiles through the i-Registro platform as a requirement for additional aid this year, an official announced on Tuesday. Shalaine Marie Lucero, Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Central Visayas, stated that this update is in preparation for the nationwide implementation of the First 1,000 Days (F1KD) conditional cash grants this year. According to Philippines News Agency, DSWD-7 data indicates that as of January 9, a total of 13,806 4Ps beneficiaries who

Manila: Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has voiced his support for the National Council on Disability Affairs’ (NCDA) initiative to implement a unified identification system for persons with disabilities (PWDs). The proposed system aims to curtail fraudulent issuance of PWD IDs to unqualified individuals and uphold the provisions of Republic Act 10754, which protects the benefits and privileges granted to PWDs. According to Philippines News Agency, Pimentel emphasized the necessity of utilizing government resources efficiently to achieve this goal. He advocated for the use of technology, highlighting the significant investments made by the government in computerization. “Use computers.

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. retained majority support with trust and satisfaction ratings exceeding 60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024, even as Vice President Sara Duterte’s ratings dropped below the majority threshold for the first time, OCTA Research said Tuesday. According to Philippines News Agency, the Tugon ng Masa survey, conducted from Nov. 10 to 16, 2024, showed that the President recorded a trust rating of 65 percent and a performance rating of 64 percent for the fourth quarter of 2024. The November figures represent a slight dip from the third quarter’s 69 percent trust and 66

Benguet: The Benguet State University (BSU) plans to establish approximately 100 hectares of bamboo forest to aid reforestation efforts, support a bamboo textile project, and promote engineered bamboo production. Dr. Roscinto Ian Lumbres, BSU vice president for research and extension, discussed the initiative, which began in 2024 with the production of propagules planted this year. According to Philippines News Agency, the project utilizes a PHP5 million bamboo development fund from Senator Loren Legarda to propagate planting materials in San Pascual, Tuba, Benguet. Initial reforestation sites include a two-hectare area at the Benguet Corp. in Itogon and the BSU compound in

Bacolod City: The December 2024 inflation rate for all income households in this highly-urbanized city eased further to 2.4 percent while Negros Occidental province’s went slightly higher to 3.7 percent, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday showed. According to Philippines News Agency, in Bacolod, the inflation rate in November settled at 2.7 percent, from 3.2 percent in October, while Negros Occidental recorded 3 percent in November, after the 3.5 percent in October. In a press briefing, John Campomanes, chief statistical specialist of PSA-Negros Occidental, noted that the top major contributor to last month’s inflation in Bacolod