The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has given the go signal for the release of PHP12.259 billion housing assistance for informal settlers and calamity victims. In a statement on Thursday, the DBM said Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman has approved the release of a Notice of Cash Allocation worth PHP12.259 billion to the National Housing Authority (NHA). The … [Read more...] about DBM OKs P12.26-B housing aid for informal settlers, calamity victims
Environment
VP Sara leads release of turtle hatchlings at Aboitiz Cleanergy Park
DAVAO CITY --- Philippine Vice President (VP) and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio led the release of 152 hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings on September 12 at Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Punta Dumalag, Matina Aplaya, here. The Vice President who frequently visits the cleanergy park attended the event and allowed the children to release the hatchlings which was supervised … [Read more...] about VP Sara leads release of turtle hatchlings at Aboitiz Cleanergy Park
125 students faint during the Magnitude 4.7 quake in Davao City
DAVAO CITY --- Some 125 public schools from various public schools here fainted as magnitude 4.7 quake hit the city on Wednesday afternoon. Franz Irag, spokesperson of the Office of Civil Defense XI said, of the 125, 37 were sent to a hospital while 88 were treated in the shool clinics. Those sent to the hospital have been discharged. As of late Thursday afternoon, Irag … [Read more...] about 125 students faint during the Magnitude 4.7 quake in Davao City
Magnitude 3.5 quake jolts several areas in Mindanao
DAVAO CITY --- Residents of some barangays in Davao City felt a strong tremor after a loud sound beneath bt the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was a magnitude 3.5 of tectonic origin. The Phivolcs added that intensity 3 was felt in Davao City. The tremors were also felt in Mati City, Davao Orientaland Digoc Citt in Davao del Sur. … [Read more...] about Magnitude 3.5 quake jolts several areas in Mindanao
Aboitiz Cleanergy Park: The caretaker’s world
DAVAO CITY --- Growing up in a serene and green community if Punta Dumalag he only wached the sprawling untouched but secured place where every mangroove and plants were protected, little did the young Rodolfo Manib knew the same place will be the paradise for the hawkbills where he can father all the endangered mammals secured in the sprawling eight-hectare outdoor … [Read more...] about Aboitiz Cleanergy Park: The caretaker’s world
