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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC) will roll out a feeding program to eradicate malnutrition among pregnant women in three municipalities in Sorsogon province. Malnutrition among pregnant women in the province is prevalent, leading to birth problems that affect infants. The DAR and NNC…

Philippine Canadian Inquirer DOH detects first 10 cases of EG.5 Omicron subvariant News

APPROVAL of the tax proposals forwarded by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will not be a “slam dunk” in the Senate—and may even be blocked—if they will cause misery to already overtaxed people, Senator Francis G. Escudero warned last Thursday. And if the administration team that will be selling the…

A lawmaker on Wednesday urged the country’s corporate giants—San Miguel Corp. (SMC), Ayala Corp., and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC)—to help fund the revival of the “Bicol Express” or the proposed Philippine National Railways (PNR) South Long Haul Project. Bicol Saro Partylist Rep.  Brian Raymund Yamsuan said private investors can…

Manila, Jul 26 (EFE).- At least one person has been killed and over 180,000 have been affected by the impact of super-typhoon Doskuri in the Philippines, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday. The typhoon, christened Egay in the Philippines, continues to lash northern parts of the Luzon island, which includes capital …

PILIPINAS Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI), the corporate social responsibility (CSR) unit of Shell Pilipinas Corp. (SPC), celebrated the successful culmination of its Roots to Shoots (RTS) program and transferred its stewardship to the local government units (LGUs) of Bombon and Pasacao in Camarines Sur to ensure its continuity in the…

SUPER Typhoon Egay battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday, tearing roofs off houses, toppling trees and knocking out power as thousands sheltered with neighbors or in emergency evacuation centers.

A total of 4,554 families or 16,888 individuals from across five regions in the country have, so far, been affected by Super Typhoon Egay, according to the latest situational report issued by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Council (NDRRMC).

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday (July 25) directed the Disaster Response and Management Group (DRMG)

The House of Representatives said on Tuesday vowed to wield its legislative power to help the government’s “war” against smugglers of agricultural products. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said the lower chamber strongly backed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s war against the smuggling and hoarding of rice and other agricultural products. “We…