The province of Ilocos Norte welcomed around 700,000 day visitors over the Holy Week, the highest number so far since the start of the pandemic, according to the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office.
More than 129,000 hectares of denuded forest lands and watersheds in Central Luzon have been rehabilitated, thanks to the government's Enhanced National Greening Program.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is striving to further mitigate the effects of climate change by having an agreement with the Pasig government.
The Ilocos Norte government is strengthening its partnership with the state-run Mariano Marcos State University-College of Industrial Technology to provide free livelihood training for interested individuals in the province.
Some 4,500 bangus (milkfish), malaga, and other high-value fish have been released into the city’s river system as a thanksgiving activity for the Bangus Festival celebration this year.
Motorists going in and out of Nueva Ecija via Daang Maharlika can now have safer trips following the completion of its improvement projects in the province.
The Department of Public Works and Highways has finished the widening of the Carmen Junction-Bayambang-Manat road in Pangasinan, reducing traffic congestion.