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SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rexlon 'Rex' Gatchalian announced earlier this week that the department is currently developing the Food Stamp Program (FSP) for rollout beginning in mid-2024. This is a welcome development and can be a substantial tool to help alleviate poverty and hunger in the Philippines, progress on which has been largely stalled since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic three years ago.

The shear line continues to affect the northern section of Northern Luzon, PAGASA said in its daily weather forecast on Friday.

DOH: Measles, rubella cases increase in CL - The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday that cases of measles and rubella increased in Central Luzon from January 1 to October 7, 2023. In its surveillance report, the DOH said that a total of 1,823 (1,731 measles and 92 rubella) cases were recorded across the country during the nine-month period, a 538% increase from the 494 cases observed in the same period in 2022. The DOH added that it is continuously conducting measles and rubella vaccination drives under its Chikiting Ligtas program.

More than 100 candidates in the recently concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) have yet to be proclaimed despite getting the most votes last October 30, 2023.

The government remains steadfast in its commitment to significantly reduce poverty among Filipinos to a mere 9 percent by the time President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. concludes his term in 2028, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said on Thursday. In a statement posted by the Palace, Neda Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the administration