Chan plans to re-align P104M for COVID vaccines to other Lapu-Lapu projects

Futch Anthony Inso 06/03/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan plans to re-align the P104 million budget which is intended to procure coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. Chan made such a statement, after the Inter-Agency Task Force…

Dead people, minors, Filipinos abroad on list of ‘ECQ aid’ recipients – lawmaker

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 04/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Dead persons, minors, and Filipinos already living abroad were among those listed as beneficiaries in the government’s cash assistance for people affected by lockdowns in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus bubble. Puwersa ng…

‘No vaccine, no work?’ Gov’t won’t force public to get COVID-19 vaccine

03/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines— While it encourages the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the government will not force anyone to get it amid a “no vaccination, no work” policy to be enforced by…

Bamboo industry eyed to spur economic recovery amid Covid-19 pandemic

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 02/28/2021

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is pushing to make bamboo a “viable pillar” in the country’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, touting its benefits not only to the economy but also to the environment. Rizal 2nd…

Cabinet members in LGUs inspired by Cimatu’s ‘success’ in Cebu City–Nograles

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 08/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Assigning Cabinet members to cities and provinces with high COVID-19 transmission was inspired by Cebu City’s “success” in handling the health crisis after Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu was designated as its pandemic response overseer,…

Gov’t now discouraging home quarantine for COVID-19 patients

Darryl John Esguerra - Reporter / @DJEsguerraINQ 07/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The government is now discouraging home quarantine for mild COVID-19 patients, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Sunday, citing the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus inside the same household. Instead, Nograles, who is also…

Olivo Heights is first fully completed housing project for Yolanda affected families

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY — Six years after supertyphoon Yolanda devastated some parts of the Visayas, the National Housing Authority turned over the first fully completed and occupied housing project for the affected families. Cabinet Secretary Carlo Nograles, who…

Nograles: Gov’t working to address polio resurgence

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 09/20/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles assured Friday that the government will do everything to address the re-emergence of polio after the Department of Health (DOH) announced its return in the country for the first time…

Nograles drops Senate bid

Inquirer.net 10/03/2018

DAVAO 1st District Rep. Karlo Nograles yesterday dropped his plan to run for Senate in the 2019 midterm elections. The House appropriations panel chair and nephew of President Rodrigo Duterte said in a statement that he would…

No ‘pork’ in proposed 2019 budget – Nograles

Inquirer.net 09/13/2018

There are no funds in the proposed 2019 budget that could be considered “pork” or those that could go to pet projects of certain government officials, Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said Thursday. Nograles, the chairperson of…

More irrigation to boost PH’s rice production – Nograles

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/30/2018

Having more irrigation projects would mean a step closer to having rice sufficiency in the country. But the 2019 budget of P36.9 million proposed for the implementation of national irrigation programs may not suffice to address the…

Nograles: Cebu has enough rice supply

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/30/2018

Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said that Cebu still has enough supply of rice. Nograles, who visited Carbon Market on Thursday (August 30), said that retailers of the National Food Authority (NFA) continue to get 100 sacks…

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