The Mindanao Development Authority has been tasked to build the first rural resettlement model as Malacañang prepares the draft of an executive order which would establish the "Balik Probinsya, Balik Pag-asa" program.
For areas under ECQ, construction workers accredited by the DPWH “will be allowed to work on quarantine and isolation facilities, health facilities, emergency and maintenance works, flood control and other disaster risk reduction and rehabilitation works.”
MinDA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol described the PO system as a "market-driven food production concept" in which a PO is issued before farmers or fishermen start production.
DOLE says it is possible to resume with its cash assistance to formal sector workers with fresh moves in Congress calling for the augmentation of funds for DOLE’s emergency subsidy program.
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones said she is now negative of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
"With God’s grace and your fervent prayers,...