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MANILA: Senator Loren Legarda emphasized on Wednesday the importance of preserving cultural traditions and providing artisans with a platform to showcase their work. Legarda made the statement as she welcomed the participants in the 2024 National Arts and Crafts Fair (NACF) at Megatrade Halls 1-3, 5th Level in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City which showcases traditional Filipino arts, crafts, fashion, and cultural heritage. “The NACF has served as a powerful platform to mainstream our indigenous arts, crafts, fashion, and cultural heritage into broader markets, allowing local artisans, MSMEs, and our Indigenous communities to gain visibility, access new markets, and sustain their

The city government here has partnered with a middle-market residential developer giant and a business group for the construction of 100 residential housing units aligned with the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) program of the Marcos Administration. Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said he is set to sign an agreement with SM Development Corp. (SMDC), SM Prime’s wholly-owned residential developer, and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) to put up the transitional housing units. He said the units, to be constructed at Block 27 at the North Reclamation Area, will benefit residents who lost their homes due to

Manila: Senator Loren Legarda emphasized on Wednesday the importance of preserving cultural traditions and providing artisans with a platform to showcase their work. Legarda made the statement as she welcomed the participants in the 2024 National Arts and Crafts Fair (NACF) at Megatrade Halls 1-3, 5th Level in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City which showcases traditional Filipino arts, crafts, fashion, and cultural heritage. “The NACF has served as a powerful platform to mainstream our indigenous arts, crafts, fashion, and cultural heritage into broader markets, allowing local artisans, MSMEs, and our Indigenous communities to gain visibility, access new markets, and sustain their

Manila: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said a price freeze on basic necessities is now in place in Albay province and Magpet in Cotabato after the declaration of a state of calamity due to widespread floods and landslides. In a statement on Wednesday, the DTI-Consumer Protection Group reminded the public that when a state of calamity is declared, the Price Act mandates a 60-day automatic price freeze on products such as canned fish, locally manufactured instant noodles, bottled water, bread, processed milk, coffee, candles, laundry soap, detergent, and salt. Other implementing agencies of the Price Act are responsible

COTABATO CITY – Torrential rains brought by Tropical Storm Kristine over the past two days have affected 50,000 families, or roughly 250,000 individuals, in Maguindanao del Sur, an official said Wednesday. Ameer Jehad Ambolodto, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said heavy rains have flooded 120 barangays across 13 municipalities in the province. ‘The water level continues to rise in some areas despite improved weather, as floodwaters from upstream flow into the Liguasan Marsh, where the affected towns are located,’ Ambolodto said in the vernacular. Maguindanao del Sur Governor Mariam Mangudadatu, who also chairs the