The Department of Transportation awarded the single largest rail contract worth PHP142 billion to a Chinese joint venture to build a 380-kilometer Philippine National Railways route from Laguna to Albay.
Dagupan City Mayor Marc Brian Lim has declared an academic health break and suspension of classes from elementary to senior high school in all public and private basic education schools in his province.
Some 76 agrarian reform beneficiaries in Pioduran, Albay, would finally receive their Certificates of Landownership Awards from the Department of Agrarian Reform after a 15-year wait.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has turned over PHP111.8 million worth of infrastructure projects to five local government units in Cagayan Valley.
Ten local government units of La Union province will each receive PHP1 million to fund their proposed programs as an incentive from the provincial government for their vaccination drives.
Hogs in the province of Ilocos Norte are expected to get insurance coverage from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation to protect local livelihood from the African swine fever.