Category: General

CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far disbursed PHP4.5 million worth of livelihood assistance package to 15 Sustainable Livelihood Program Associations (SLPA), a social welfare official said on Monday. Shalaine Marie Lucero, DSWD-7 regional director, said the amount was given to PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn Program (PAMANA)-identified conflict-affected or conflict-vulnerable areas in Central Visayas. Lucero said 50 insurgent returnees from these 15 SLPAs in villages affected or vulnerable to insurgencies as identified through Executive Order (EO) 70 received PHP4.5 million in aid. EO70 provides for the creation of a national task force tasked

MANILA – The government reaffirmed its commitment to achieving zero hunger for Filipinos as it joined hands with international partners for the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP). Speaking at the presentation of the signed EPAHP Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) on Monday in Malacañang, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. renewed his administration’s goal of eradicating hunger and alleviating poverty. ‘We gather to renew a promise: that no Filipino should go to bed hungry, and that no community will be overlooked in our fight against poverty,’ Marcos said. In light of this commitment, the President directed all government agencies and

MANILA – A lone bettor from Bulacan is the newest multimillionaire after hitting the winning six-digit combination of the Ultra Lotto 6/58 drawn on Sunday night. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the winner placed his bet from San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, and hit the winning numbers 07-24-13-16-10-02. The total jackpot prize was PHP321,384,493.20. The bettor has one year to claim the prize at the PCSO main office in Mandaluyong City. He needs to present the winning ticket and two valid identification cards. Lotto winnings of more than PHP10,000 are subject to

MANILA – The 250th Presidential Airlift Wing of the Presidential Security Command deployed helicopters to deliver relief goods and other critical supplies for the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name Trami) in the Bicol region. According to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), two Bell 412 VVIP helicopters and one S70i Blackhawk were dispatched on Sunday to aid in relief efforts. The first stop for the helicopters was the Panoypoyan landing zone in Bula, Camarines Sur, where they delivered 109 sacks and 68 boxes of various relief goods. Next, the helicopters traveled to the Pantao landing zone in Libon,

ILOILO CITY – The National Dairy Authority (NDA) aims to increase the country’s milk sufficiency to 2.5 percent in 2025 from the current 1 percent, and bring it closer to 5 percent sufficiency with milk production of 80 million liters by 2028. ‘The Department of Agriculture, through the NDA, is hell-bent on doubling the milk sufficiency of the country by next year. While this increase may seem modest, it represents a groundbreaking achievement, the first substantial progress in dairy sufficiency in many years, if ever, occurring under the Marcos Jr. administration,’ NDA Administrator lawyer Marcus Antonios Andaya said in his