Month August 2022

MANILA, Philippines — After over two years of being shelved due to the pandemic, Makati City’s health and social services one-stop shop has made its return to the city’s barangays, the local government said yesterday. Mayor Abby Binay said the… Continue Reading →

A total of 111 graduates of the Pasig City Scholarship Program (PCSP) who earned Latin honors in their respective colleges and universities for school year 2021-2022 received P20,000 to P30,000 cash incentives from the local government. A short ceremony was… Continue Reading →

The approved retail price increase for salt comes after about six years of the prices remaining steady, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on August 25, 2022. Several salt brands have seen an increase in price as… Continue Reading →

To address the concerns voiced by lawmakers and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), ABS-CBN Corp. and TV5 Network Inc. decided to “delay” final preparations in their joint venture agreement. Lawmakers filed resolutions to look into the franchise of TV5 for… Continue Reading →

Mayor Joy Belmonte made a courtesy call to newly-appointed Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. on August 24, 2022 to express the city’s support to the Philippine National Police. According to Mayor Joy, the local government will continue… Continue Reading →

The Philippine government has accelerated its investigation on alleged sugar hoarders in the country by performing surprise warehouse inspections since last week leading to the capture of many of them and the closure of several sugar warehouses.  At a news… Continue Reading →

On August 20, 2022, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched its program providing educational cash assistance to indigent students.  A total of P141 million of cash assistance for 48,033 beneficiaries were already released by DSWD as of… Continue Reading →

On August 17, 2022, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. declared that the COVID-19-related State of Public Health Emergency would likely remain in effect till December, 2022. The President stated that lifting the state of public health emergency might only have… Continue Reading →

QUEZON CITY, (PIA) — Department of Environment and Natural Resources National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Urban Greening with Veinte Reales National High School-Valenzuela City on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Manila Bay Operations Center, National… Continue Reading →

The Quezon City LGU extended immediate assistance to affected students and parents following the sudden permanent closure of the Colegio de San Lorenzo (CDSL) in Quezon City on August 15, 2022, CDSL was in financial distress caused by the Covid-19… Continue Reading →