MANILA, Philippines: The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reminded workers in the local government units in the National Capital Region (NCR) that the adjustment of working hours start on Thursday, May 2.
MANILA, Philippines: Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on Tuesday urged local government units to strictly enforce the prohibition of tricycles and pedicabs on national highways.
BACOLOD CITY: The El Niño phenomenon has already affected 11 barangay (villages) in four local government units (LGUs) of Negros Occidental, Dina Genzola, officer in charge of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), reported on Tuesday, January 30.
THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Wednesday reiterated its reminder to concerned local government units (LGUs) to make sure that the permanent danger zones (PDZs) around all active volcanoes are totally uninhabited even under Alert Level 0.
THE crisis in reading comprehension in this country among our younger population, particularly of school age, cries out for a solution. The Department of Education has come up with a Catch-Up Friday program for reinforcing the need to focus on reading; we hope not just for comprehension but for inculcating a lifelong reading habit by showing the joy of reading and the expansion of intellect and perspective that human beings need to meet their potential. And reading is the best way.