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Manila: A celebration of Philippine sporting excellence takes center stage on Jan. 27 as the country’s Olympic and Paralympic heroes from the 2024 Paris Games will be honored at the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night at The Manila Hotel Grand Ballroom. According to Philippines News Agency, marking the centennial of the country’s participation in the Olympics, the PSA, led by president Nelson Beltran of the Philippine Star, will also pay tribute to Filipino Olympians from the past six decades. Representatives from each Olympic batch, organized by the Philippine Olympians Association, will grace the occasion. Previous Olympic teams

Quezon City: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Saturday clarified that there is no rice supply shortage amid plans to declare a food security emergency. “We just would like to reiterate: There is no shortage in the supply of rice in the country,” DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa stressed at the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City. According to Philippines News Agency, Republic Act 12078, which amended the Rice Tariffication Law, cites two main grounds for the DA Secretary to declare a food security emergency: shortage in supply and extraordinary increase in the price of rice. “The first main

Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Saturday its compliance with the latest temporary restraining orders (TROs) issued by the Supreme Court (SC) involving local candidates for the May 12 elections. According to Philippines News Agency, the Comelec stated that the names of Marie Grace David, Mary Dominique O±ate, and Aldrin Sta. Ana will now be included in the official ballots, as reprinting begins next week. David is running for vice mayor of Limay, Bataan; O±ate for mayor of Palompon, Leyte; and Sta. Ana for mayor of Bocaue, Bulacan. The Comelec emphasized the timeliness of the issuance of the

Manila: The Philippine government has secured an official development assistance (ODA) loan from the Republic of Korea, through the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM), for the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network (LLRN) Project Phase 1 Stage 1, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Saturday. The loan, valued at USD905.26 million, will support civil works implementation by the DPWH of the flagship project under the Build Better More program of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. According to Philippines News Agency, civil works for the LLRN Project are set to begin this year, with completion anticipated by 2029. The

Manila: The country’s Philippine Rice Information System (PRiSM) has garnered the prestigious Special Award for Sustainability from the International Data Corporation Singapore (IDC), the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Saturday. This accolade was officially presented at the Regional Future Enterprise Awards (FEA) on November 19, 2024, with Director Glenn Dela Cruz Estrada accepting the award on behalf of the DA. According to Philippines News Agency, PRiSM was created in response to climate change challenges impacting Filipino farmers since 2013 and is recognized as Southeast Asia’s pioneering satellite-based rice monitoring system. The system is a data-driven tool that maps rice