Day: August 26, 2025

Manila: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Negros Oriental will co-locate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) for faster release of documents required for government programs: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Negros Oriental is set to collaborate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) to expedite the issuance of vital documents necessary for government initiatives. According to Philippines News Agency, engineer Ariel Fortuito, PSA-Negros Oriental chief statistical specialist and provincial head, highlighted that this co-location with DSWD-NIR aims to speed up the processing of documents. The collaboration will focus on facilitating the enrollment of

Butuan city: Ten different schools in the Caraga Region have sent their respective teams to a robotics challenge organized by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT-13), which ran from Monday to Tuesday. According to Philippines News Agency, the event, named TECHQUEST: Robotics Challenge for Academia, is the inaugural robotics competition hosted by DICT in the region. The competition saw participation from 30 junior and senior high school students, grouped into 10 teams. Albert Gabriel, the focal person of the ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau of DICT-13, noted in an interview that each team consisted of two students

Manila: The Department of Agriculture’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DA-DRRM) Operations Center on Tuesday announced that agricultural interventions are organized to address the potential impacts of rainfall from the low-pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon, also known as habagat. According to Philippines News Agency, the DA-DRRM Bulletin No. 2 identified seven regions likely to be affected by the combined effects of the LPA and habagat: Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, and Negros Island region. These regions collectively cover approximately 770,461 hectares, with around 628,224 hectares dedicated to rice cultivation and 142,237 hectares planted with

Manila: Only 6.7 percent or 219 of a total of 3,267 villages in Ilocos Region remained drug-affected as of Aug. 26, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). PDEA-Ilocos Region Assistant Director Joshua Arquero, in a forum hosted by the Philippine Information Agency, detailed that the number of drug-affected villages includes 75 each in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur, 49 in Ilocos Norte, and 20 in La Union. According to Philippines News Agency, Arquero emphasized the drug clearing in the barangays is being achieved with the support of various national government agencies and local government units down to the barangay

Manila: The Supreme Court has announced the schedule for public interviews of candidates vying for the position of Ombudsman. These interviews, set to begin this week, will be conducted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) at the Supreme Court En Banc Session Hall from August 28 to September 2, following the retirement of former Ombudsman Samuel Martires. According to Philippines News Agency, recordings of the public interviews will be uploaded after all interviews are completed on September 2. The process will kick off at 9 a.m. on August 28 with candidates including former Commission on Audit chair and current