FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has expressed elation that investment pledges made in his foreign trips are starting to bear fruit, noting that the inauguration of some projects may commence "in the next couple of weeks." The Philippine government has secured a total of 116 investment projects worth PHP3.48 trillion (USD62.93 billion), Malacanang announced Friday (Feb. 17, 2023). (File photo) MANILA - The foreign trips of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. have generated a total of 116 investment projects worth PHP3.48 trillion (USD62.926 billion), Malacanang announced Friday. The figures were disclosed during Marcos' meeting with officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Office of the Presidential Assistant on Investment and Economic Affairs (OPAIEA) at Malacanan Palace in Manila on Thursday to discuss the investment pledges his administration was able to secure during his overseas trips. During the meeting, Marcos, the DTI, an
URBAN FARMING. Ric Jason Arreza, Learning Site focal person of ATI-Calabarzon, Dr. Rolando Maningas, ATI Region 4A Center director, and Michael Trivino of Myrtle's Farm (seated, from left) sign a memorandum of agreement for the accreditation of the latter's farm as a Learning Site for Agriculture. Looking on are (standing from left) Bibiano Concibido Jr., regional manager of the Philippine Coconut Authority 4A; Dr. Anna Clarissa Mariano, Quezon Provincial Agriculturist; and engineer Sheena Estanero, executive assistant of Lucena City Mayor Mark Alcala. (PNA photo by Belinda Otordoz) LUCENA CITY - The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has partnered with an organic farm in this city to be able to educate students on various methods of ecological crop growing. On Wednesday, the ATI forged an agreement with Myrtle's Farm located in Barangay Ilayang Dupay, making the farm a Learning Site for Agriculture (LSA). The MOA signing coincided w
As October 14 marks World Sight Day, World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that despite an array of challenges, the South-E
PREPARATION. Health Ministry Director of Productive Age and Elderly Health Kartini Rustandi (right) and Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka (left) during the ministry officials' visit to Surakarta City Hall, Tuesday (June 21, 2022). Surakarta will host the 11th Asean para Games from July 30 to Aug. 6, 2022. (ANTARA/Aris Wasita) SURAKARTA, Central Java - The Health Ministry affirmed that health facilities will be ready to cater to athletes competing in the 11th Asean Para Games here next month. "We and the mayor (Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka) are preparing (health facilities for the) Asean Para Games in Surakarta, and we will first observe the venues. (The preparation will also) include coordinating with local health offices and the NPC (National Paralympic Committee)," Health Ministry's Director of Productive Age and Elderly Health Kartini Rustandi stated here on Tuesday. The authority will ensure readiness in health services, environmental health, and fo
LEGAZPI CITY - The Police Regional Office (PRO) 5 (Bicol) reported that 62 New People's Army (NPA) rebels were nabbed while 72 have returned to the fold of the law as a result of the government's retooled community support program from January to May this year. In an interview on Friday, Maj. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said during the conduct of internal security operations, 10 died among the 62 rebels arrested. "In keeping up with its mission of maintaining peace and order, ensuring public safety and internal security, Bicol police remains stern to suppress and wipe off the existence of the NPA in the Bicol region," Calubaquib said. The support program, she noted, enabled the Philippine National Police (PNP) to establish a rapport with the rebels and paved the way for encouraging them to mend their ways and begin a new life. Along with this, PRO-5 also persists in introducing the whole-of-nation approach embedded under President Rodrigo Duterte's Execut