LEGAZPI CITY: A total of 300 public schools in the six provinces of the Bicol Region are expected to benefit from a PHP3.6 million fund for the Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (GPP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA), an official said on Thursday.
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ISTANBUL: Team USA sealed an easy 103-86 victory over South Sudan in men’s basketball at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday.
Bam Adebayo produced 18 points, while Kevin Durant scored 14 for the US at Pierre Mauroy Stadium.
Anthony Edwards netted 1…
ILOILO CITY: The provincial government has increased the allowance of Iloilo’s 1,800 Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) this year.
During the first day of the two-day 2nd BNS convention on Thursday, Iloilo provincial administrator Raul Banias, who rep…
BACOLOD CITY: The Negros Island Region (NIR) technical working group (TWG) is set to convene in the next two weeks to formulate strategic plans to put in place the institutional arrangements for the new administrative region.
Negros Occidental Fifth …
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Thursday the arrival of more than 101,000 metric tons (MT) of imported rice as of July 25.
The said volume arrived following the implementation of Executive Order No. 62, or the lowering of tariffs …
TACLOBAN CITY: At least 253,000 residents in Eastern Visayas provinces will benefit from the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) in this city and five other sites in the region from Aug. 2 to 3.
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said 241 members o…
MANILA: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently received a 100-percent nationwide International Organization for Standardization or ISO certification on several of its services, BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said on Thursday.
Lumagui, duri…
MANILA: A total of 120,359 college students, struggling and non-reader elementary learners, and parents have benefitted from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) expanded Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program.
DSWD spokesperson, Assistant…
MANILA: The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday expressed plans to increase the number of administrative staff to further ease the non-teaching workload of public school teachers following the official opening of the school year 2024-2025.
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