MANILA: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded heads of government agencies to implement the granting of the five-day special emergency leave (SEL) to government employees affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwe…
Day: July 25, 2024
DBM: Over P11-B calamity fund still available
MANILA: More than PHP11 billion or still half of the government’s calamity fund for 2024 is at its disposal as the country reels from the effects of Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat.
According to the Department Budget and …
C. Visayas police vows learners’ safety from ‘homes to campuses’
CEBU CITY: The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 (Central Visayas) has intensified its personnel’s foot patrols to ensure the safety and security of learners during the opening of classes on Monday.
Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, director of PRO-7, ordered …
Spain defeats Uzbekistan 2-1 in football opening game of Paris 2024
ANKARA: Spain defeated Uzbekistan 2-1 in the opening game of competition in the Men’s Group C, which began at 1300GMT.
Marc Pubill drew first blood for Spain in the 29th minute, then Eldor Shomurodov leveled the score from a penalty kick in the 48th …
CREATE law attracts P1.2-T investments
MANILA: More than 1,200 projects with total investments of over PHP1.2 trillion have so far been approved under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act as of end-June this year.
In a recent Facebook post, the Department…
PBBM wants flood control project designs reexamined amid floods
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday stressed the need to ‘relook’ and ‘reexamine’ the designs of flood control infrastructures as thousands bore the brunt of the southwest monsoon or habagat intensified by Typhoon ‘Carina.’
Marcos m…
GSIS allots P18.5-B emergency loans for typhoon victims
MANILA: The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allocated PHP18.5 billion in emergency loans to help 864,089 members and pensioners affected by Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon (habagat) in Batangas, Rizal, and the National Capital …
DA: P29 program to resume in 6 Kadiwa sites in NCR, Bulacan
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured the resumption of the P29 program or the sale of aging but good quality rice to the vulnerable sector at six Kadiwa sites in Metro Manila and Bulacan.
“Ang instructions ni (The instructions of) Secre…
DOH: NCR, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Ilocos Region on ‘Code Blue’
MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) declared a Code Blue status on Thursday in the National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and Ilocos Region amid the devastation brought by Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon (…