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(Photo courtesy of RTVM) MANILA - The Office of the President (OP) has undertaken a "stringent" process in selecting the 80 new members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA). The assurance came after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. led the mass oath-taking of the new BTA members at Malacanan Palace's Heroes Hall on Friday. The OP ensured that the identification of BTA appointees underwent a "careful and objective" selection process based on the ...

GREENHOUSE. The greenhouse with a solar panel is part of the model farm turned over by the National Irrigation Administration in Davao Region (NIA-11) on July 27, 2022, to the Palayan ng B'laan Communal Irrigation Association, Inc. in New Cabasagan, Matanao, Davao del Sur. The PHP1-million model farm also comprised of a 403.90sqm open field farmland with a storage tank, drip irrigation, sprinklers, a solar-powered pump, and a solar panel.(Photo from NIA-11) DAVAO CITY - An irrigator associat...

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ANTI-VOTE BUYING DRIVE. Gov. Daniel Fernando (2nd from right) leads other Bulacan officials in the launch of an anti-vote buying drive in Malolos City on Tuesday (April 12, 2022). Dubbed 'Our Vote, Our Future', the campaign aims to help ensure honest and peaceful elections on May 9. (Photo by Manny Balbin) MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan - An anti-vote buying campaign was launched on Tuesday in this province to help ensure orderly, honest, peaceful, and fair elections on May 9. Dubbed "Our Vo...

(Courtesy of Peace Philippines Facebook) MANILA - A senatorial candidate is wondering why a so-called rights organization is relentless in its character assassination of President Rodrigo Duterte and himself when it has close ties with local groups declared as terrorists by western countries. Duterte had already urged the public to dismiss the party-list group Bayan Muna in the May 9 elections. It is part of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), a founding member of the International ...

PEACE. Bulacan gubernatorial aspirants, and Governor Daniel R. Fernando and Vice Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado, do a fist bump after a unity walk and signing of a peace covenant for free and fair elections held at KB Gym, Capitol Compound in Malolos City on Thursday (March 24, 2022). The event was spearheaded by the Bulacan Police Provincial Office in coordination with the Commission on Elections. (Photo by Manny Balbin) MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan - A total of 51 local candidates for various electi...

Senatorial candidate Harry Roque (File photo) MANILA - As heart ailment, stroke, and cancer kill many Filipinos, UniTeam senatorial aspirant Harry Roque wants to create a multisectoral health promotion body to prevent more deaths from lifestyle diseases. Roque expressed alarm that non-communicable ailments like ischemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases (stroke), and neoplasms (cancer) were the country's leading causes of death in 2020 and 2021. "Preventing lifestyle diseases req...

BAROG (Batan-on Alang kay Rody Gihapon) 2.0 spokesperson Alex Into (PNA photo by Che Palicte) DAVAO CITY - Multi-sectoral leaders in this city and from neighboring municipalities convened on Sunday to show support for the candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and running mate Mayor Sara Z. Duterte. BAROG (Batan-on Alang kay Rody Gihapon) was a volunteer youth group in 2001 to support the political journey of Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte. In 2021, the organizati...

National Housing Authorityresettlement site for informal settlers, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija(Photo courtesy of DHSUD) MANILA - A transition committee will assure continuity of the 20-year housing and urban development strategic plan and roadmap and will work with the next administration. The multi-agency National Human Settlements Board approved the 20-year roadmap last year, officially called the National Housing and Urban Development Sector Plan (NHUDSP). The 20-year plan envisions better, gre...

PUBLIC CONSULTATION. The Bangsamoro Transition Authority of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao holds a public consultation in Cotabato City on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022) about the draft Bangsamoro Local Governance Code. A similar discussion was held in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, on the same day. (Photos courtesy of BTA and Bangsamoro 101 Radio) COTABATO CITY - The legislative body of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has started holding consultations wit...