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MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects the sufficiency level of the fishery resources in the country to reach 92 percent this year as it undertakes efforts to boost local production. ... Read full article
MANILA – The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts on Monday stressed the need to make a more economical, yet equally effective, child pneumonia vaccines accessible to the public to help save the government billions of pesos in losses.... Read full article
MANILA – Fe Camata Vinoya's meager pay as a massage therapist can no longer sustain her family's growing expenses, prompting her to avail of the government's Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippine government gets a boost in its vaccination and anti-coronavirus campaign as the Korean government on Tuesday donated 34 refrigerated trucks and four service vans valued at USD1.5 million (approximately PHP77 million).... Read full article
MANILA – To sustain the projected decrease in daily Covid-19 cases in the country by the end of February, Malacañang on Tuesday reminded all local and national candidates and their supporters to ensure compliance with minimum public health standards ... Read full article
MANILA – Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Saturday said the Philippines must be fully prepared for a possible spillover to Asia of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.... Read full article
MANILA – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday warned the public against the use of self-administered or home Covid-19 test kits that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).... Read full article
MANILA – A party-list lawmaker on Thursday said the next president should make anti-corruption his or her defining platform and certify as urgent the enactment of the long-overdue Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.... Read full article
MANILA – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday said he would hold a meeting with his successor to discuss the drug menace that continues to “haunt” the country.... Read full article
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported PHP15.7 billion worth of benefits for health care workers have been disbursed as of November 26.... Read full article