DepEd, under Secretary Sonny Angara, rolls out 5,335 teacher reclassifications with a Php6.1B 2026 budget, supporting career growth, leadership programs, and reintegration initiatives for Filipino educators. Read more »
The Philippine government is ramping up efforts to revive the country’s coconut industry, with the goal of becoming the world’s top exporter of coconut products. Read more »
The Philippines remains one of the slowest to recover in intra-Asean tourism, trailing most Southeast Asian neighbors despite a broader regional rebound. Read more »
The Department of Science and Technology’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) is promoting its rice transplanter attachment (RTA), an innovation designed to be fitted onto commonly used hand tractors, allowing farmers to lower labor expenses while improving efficiency in rice production. Read more »
Nueva Vizcaya is primed to get a significant upgrade in its rural infrastructure as the Department of Agriculture (DA) allocates P255 million for farm-to-market roads (FMR) in the 2026 national budget. Read more »
The Department of Health (DOH) is urging Filipinos to maximize the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) Oral Health Preventive Package, noting that many members remain unaware of the free dental services available to them. Read more »
