DSWD Mobilizes P1.09 Billion in Aid as Over 2.1 Million Families Feel Impact of Storms

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has intensified its humanitarian response, delivering more than ₱1.09 billion worth of assistance to communities affected by the enhanced southwest monsoon and the successive impacts of tropical cyclones Luis, Maymay, and Neneng.According to the DSWD’s 6 a.m. Disaster Response Operations Management, Information and Communication (DROMIC) report released Saturday, the agency has distributed approximately 1.66 mill...

DA Orders Review of Farm-to-Market Roads Amid Corruption Probes

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September 18, 2025

DA Orders Review of Farm-to-Market Roads Amid Corruption Pro...

MANILA – Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered an audit of all farm-to-market road (FMR) projects implemented by the Department...

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September 18, 2025

DA Orders Review of Farm-to-Market Roads Amid Corruption Pro...

MANILA – Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered an audit of all farm-to-market road (FMR) projects implemented by the Department...

Agri Chief Orders Audit of Farm-to-Market Roads Amid Anomaly Probes

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September 18, 2025

Agri Chief Orders Audit of Farm-to-Market Roads Amid Anomaly...

MANILA – Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has directed a full audit of all farm-to-market road (FMR) projects under the Department of ...

DA Distributes 50 Cattle to Agusan Sur Farmers to Boost Organic Livestock Farming

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September 18, 2025

DA Distributes 50 Cattle to Agusan Sur Farmers to Boost Orga...

BUTUAN CITY – Fifty farmers in Sibagat, Agusan del Sur received cattle from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 13–Caraga through the Bureau of Ani...

Global Organic Community Rallies Behind Negros’ Anti-GMO Stand

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September 18, 2025

Global Organic Community Rallies Behind Negros’ Anti-G...

BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental’s fight to keep genetically modified organisms (GMOs) out of the province has gained wide international backing, ...

DSWD Grants ?22.4M to Boost Livelihoods, Fight Hunger in Eastern Visayas

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September 18, 2025

DSWD Grants ?22.4M to Boost Livelihoods, Fight Hunger in Eas...

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released ₱22.42 million in grants to strengthen livelihood projects an...

P20 Rice Program Expands to Transport Sector, 57,000 Workers Among First Beneficiaries

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September 16, 2025

P20 Rice Program Expands to Transport Sector, 57,000 Workers...

MANILA – The government’s “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” program, the flagship P20 rice initiative of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., is rollin...

DSWD Urges Filipinos to Foster Peace Through Empathy and Compassion

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September 16, 2025

DSWD Urges Filipinos to Foster Peace Through Empathy and Com...

MANILA – Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian has called on Filipinos to become champions of peace by embracing empathy, compassion, and understa...

DAR Grants Nearly ?4-M Debt Relief to 500 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Bicol

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September 16, 2025

DAR Grants Nearly ?4-M Debt Relief to 500 Agrarian Reform Be...

LEGAZPI CITY – More than 500 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Bicol Region received nearly PHP4 million in debt relief from the Departmen...

Ilocos Norte Students Receive Cattle and Farm Support to Strengthen Livelihoods

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September 16, 2025

Ilocos Norte Students Receive Cattle and Farm Support to Str...

LAOAG CITY – College students in Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte, are now tending to young cows entrusted to them by the local government, in a bid to suppo...