“This is a concept that we are supporting because this will help facilitate cross-border travel,” Tourism Undersecretary Benito Bengzon, Jr. said in a virtual presser on Friday. “This has been discussed already in many destinations […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) elevated cultural tourism and ecotourism in the new normal as these will heighten domestic travel in the province amid the pandemic. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat reiterated that the DOT will […]
Former three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has called for the protection of the indigenous peoples’ weaves and traditional cultural heritage following news reports of machine-woven blankets and garments appropriating Cordillera weave patterns coming […]
The government’s 2021 infrastructure program is expected to partly boost Philippines’ manufacturing sector this year and help address the contraction in domestic growth and economic activities because of the pandemic. In a report, Rizal Commercial […]
Aftershocks are possible from the magnitude 5.2 earthquake that jolted Surigao del Sur Sunday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Based on its bulletin issued 11:07 p.m. Sunday, the tectonic quake […]
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has opened at least 13 inter-provincial routes which operators and drivers of public transport can now apply with special permit subject to mandatory health and safety protocols. […]
Twenty-three farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Antique have received PHP99 million worth of post-harvest facilities from the Department of Agriculture- Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech) under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund […]