In And Around The Metro
MSI comes back strong for Computex 2023
From the award-winning Creator Z17 HX Studio, revamped Alpha 17 and Prestige 16, to the newly released Commercial 14 and Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, MSI will be unequivocally marked as one of the greatest comebacks for this year’s Computex. Creator Z17 HX Studio has be...
DSWD launches improved Sustainable Livelihood Program
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday launched the “Sibol: the New SLP (Sustainable Livelihood Program)” to ensure that its livelihood interventions are backed with appropriate innovations and remain responsive to the vast needs of its participants, accor...
PCSO expects to top target revenues
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office is confident that it will surpass anew its revenue target for 2023, thus raising more funds for various charity programs, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In 2022, the PCSO had total generated gross receipts of PHP57,398,945,550.90 from...
Marcos pushes national land use policy
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday vowed to give "urgent attention" to the proposed measure institutionalizing a national land use policy that will ensure the country's holistic development, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In a speech during the grand ...
Signal No. 1 remains in Luzon
Typhoon Betty has slightly weakened and is now moving west northwestward over the Philippine Sea east of northern Luzon, according to the 5 p.m. update of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in a a report by Philippine News Agency. The cent...
BI wars travelers against using tampered documents
Tampering with documents when attempting to go out of the country will do a traveler no good, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said in a report by Philippine News Agency. Cases involving the use of counterfeit documents in recent weeks have alarmed and frustrated the BI, according to Commissioner Nor...
Japan approves $130 million loan for MRT-3
The Philippines has inked a $130-million supplemental loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the rehabilitation of the 16.9-kilometer Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) along EDSA, according to a report by Philippine Star. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno sig...
MWSS, Manila Water donate soaps to hospitals
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System-Corporate Office (MWSS-CO) on Friday took part in the “Maging Ligtas, Mag #Safewash” donation handover event for hospitals held at the MWSS Multipurpose Hall, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Jonathan Lamug, Acting Dep...
Inter-agency committed on inflation formed
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the creation of the Inter-Agency Committee on Inflation and Market Outlook (IAC-IMO) in an effort to ramp up the government's efforts to ease inflation and improve the Philippine economy, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Under E...
Gov't vows to finish oil spill cleanup by June
The last phase of the oil spill cleanup in Oriental Mindoro will be completed within a month, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Communication Secretary Cheloy Garafil made the assurance after the arrival of a dynamic support vessel (DSV), which will be used to siphon the remnants of ...
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