The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is encouraging closer monitoring and continuous vigilance among its stakeholders despite the significant decline in teenage childbearing during the pandemic. #In60words

According to the Single Ticketing System Technical Working Group, their goal is to have a harmonization or unified system of fining those who violate traffic laws throughout the National Capital Region. It also added that there should be interconnectivity in the LTO, with the method of catching traffic violators by different local governments. #In60words...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been recognized by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for its important contributions to the successful implementation of measures to prevent violent extremism in the country.

This is one of the things discussed by the two leaders in their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. greenlighted the plan of the Energy department to explore and develop the countrys offshore wind (OSW) potential as a source of clean and sustainable energy.

Manila, Philippines After three years in the Philippines, PartnerHero opened its first fully private office in the country at Cyberpark 1 in Araneta, Cubao, Quezon City, on November 8.

Combined damage to agriculture and infrastructure due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng has reached P11 billion, according to the Thursday situational report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The affected population due to the destructive storm also rose to 5.4 million persons or 1.3 million families across all regions in the country. #In60words...

Commuters who might spend the late night inside shopping malls in Metro Manila might need help getting public transport starting next week. State-owned rail lines in Metro Manila announced extending their schedule of train journeys amid the adjusted mall hours might not be possible.

At a situation briefing in the province, Marcos said he noticed that infrastructure was the biggest problem, noting that it has to be fixed to ensure unhampered delivery of goods and services to residents.

Together with other organizations, the 10th ID provided 2,038 relief items to the evacuees at the Notre Dame of Upi and Barangay Happy Valley in the same town, including 120 20-liter water gallons, 1,400 hygiene kits, 372 Purefoods ready-to-eat packs, pre-loved clothing, slippers, various medicines, and other food items.

In a statement, Mayor Ruffy Biazon said he has ordered the Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster Resilience and Management to form a technical working group that would focus on drafting improved guidelines for evacuation.

Cholera, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is an extremely virulent disease caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium vibrio cholerae, and it can cause severe acute watery diarrhea affecting both children and adults, and can kill within hours if left untreated.

The National Buteau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday filed murder charges against suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gerald Bantag and several others for allegedly giving the order to kill radio commentator Percival Percy Lapid Mabasa in Las Pinas City, as well as that of Bilibid inmate Jun Villamor, the supposed middleman in the case....

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that the estimated cost of dagame by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng to agriculture and infrastructure is now close to P7.6 billion.

Senator Sherwin Win Gatchalian is pushing for Senate Bill No. 817, which seeks to standardize transport network vehicle services (TNVS), in a bid to ensure the safety of both the riding public and the drivers.