The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office turned over PHP300,000 as financial support to the center for victims of violence against women and children in the province of Antique.
The Department of Trade and Industry has turned over PHP3.29 million worth of livelihood kits to micro small and medium entrepreneurs in Southern Leyte badly affected by Typhoon Odette.
Farmers from Guimaras stand to benefit from the PHP875-million Cabano small reservoir irrigation project that will be constructed in the municipality of San Lorenzo.
The US Agency for International Development is assisting the provincial administration of Negros Occidental in initiating a technology-based reading program and developing the province's first water security strategy.
The municipality of Lambunao in Iloilo is eyeing the declaration of three prominent structures inside the town plaza and oral traditions of its indigenous peoples as cultural heritage.
Amid the rising prices of petroleum, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said a fuel subsidy will cushion the impact of the crisis on the local public transportation sector.
Presidential aspirant Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said he would support the re-establishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR) if the Negrenses would prefer to be together under one region.
The top police official in Dumaguete is extending the curfew for minors to prevent untoward incidents involving the juvenile sector which usually occur in the wee hours of the morning in the province.