Category: General

LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 5 (Bicol) has provided nearly PHP150 million worth of relief assistance to the families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) in the region as of Monday morning. In a report, DSWD-5 disaster response management division information officer Carl James Cabarles said distributions of family food packs and non-food items are being conducted for the disaster victims. He said DSWD has provided PHP147.4 million in humanitarian aid to the hard-hit communities, displaced families, and stranded passengers across various regional ports. “The assistance includes distributing family food packs

TACLOBAN CITY – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has brought its ‘Piso Caravan’ to this city to replace unfit and mutilated bank notes and coins. The three-day caravan that kicked off Monday at the Robinsons Place Tacloban urges the public to conveniently replace their unfit currency with fresh banknotes and coins. Unfit banknotes are paper money that is soiled, limp, stained, or has faded print, obvious writings, or markings. Unfit coins, on the other hand, are those with corrosion or markings, according to Erma Lagarto, BSP-Cebu senior bank officer. Classified as mutilated banknotes are those with adhesive and staple

MANILA – The chairperson of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability is looking at potential grounds for impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, particularly graft and corruption and betrayal of public trust, amid its ongoing probe into her office’s alleged fund misuse. In a news release on Monday, committee chair and Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua said his panel’s probe, which was initially conducted “in aid of legislation”, has revealed serious questions about Duterte’s management of public funds, particularly concerning the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) PHP125 million in confidential funds spent in just 11

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