Aksyon Demokratiko presidential candidate Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso vowed to build disaster-resilient mass housing and expressed support for the creation of the Department of Disaster Resilience once he gets elected.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas has released over 25,000 family food packs as an initial assistance to victims of Tropical Depression Agaton.
The Department of Public Works and Highways has finished the widening of the Carmen Junction-Bayambang-Manat road in Pangasinan, reducing traffic congestion.
With only a few weeks before the May 9 elections, the Commission on Elections and SM Supermalls have signed an agreement to allow the public to practice using vote counting machines.
Amid the inclement weather, an official in Davao has advised Dabawenyos to make their homes more resilient to flooding by having them retrofitted or redesigned.
The number of visitors to Boracay Island for the Holy Week celebrations this year is practically identical to the number of visitors during the same period prior to the Covid-19 outbreak.
President Rodrigo Duterte expressed optimism that the next administration will be “much better” in addressing the problems that continue to confront the country.