The Philippines secured EUR200 million (PHP14 billion) from the French development bank, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), to help strengthen the protection of its marine ecosystem resources ...

Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday appealed to national and local authorities to move away from the cycle of flood response and rehabilitation and instead invest more in prevention, safe evacuation ...

The provincial board on Monday passed a resolution requesting Gov. Paolo Everardo Javier to increase to PHP12,000 the incentive for 668 child development workers (CDWs) in this province from the ...

Two recent studies on Philippine education, one looking at the broader education system and another focusing specifically on public relations education, arrive at a strikingly similar conclusion: the ...

Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos on Monday hailed a program providing funding to student-led startups in the agri-aqua sector, saying it would give young innovators a platform to engage in ...

For the first few years of KasKasan Buddies, there was no formal structure, no CEO title, and no grand plan to build what would eventually become a community of more than two million members. There ...

Rice farmers in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, secured higher prices for their fresh palay harvest through the implementation of Republic Act No. 11321, also known as the Sagip Saka Act. During their ...

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman John Patrick “Pato” Gregorio hailed Ormoc City as an exemplary local government partner in grassroots development. Gregorio admired Ormoc’s ambitious ...

The Iloilo City Health Office (CHO) is expanding its tuberculosis (TB) detection campaign by offering free chest X-rays in several barangays this month to encourage more residents to undergo screening ...

The PHP10 million worth of sports equipment from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is expected to strengthen grassroots sports development in Antique. The equipment was released to 18 local ...

Persons with disabilities (PWDs) will be given priority access to city-owned vending spaces and discounted business fees under a proposed ordinance to expand livelihood opportunities and promote ...

Almost 9,000 government scholars who availed of the technical-vocational courses are now part of the country’s workforce as skilled workers. Glenn Murphy, OIC regional director of the Technical ...