President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, second from left, is greeted by a resident as she visits a slum area in Manila on Saturday. Arroyo in a roundtable discussion said her administration's hunger-mitigating programs could wipe out hunger in six months. (AP Photo)
CEBU CITY -- Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano said Saturday the program of works and estimates (Powe) the City Government submitted earlier to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) bore slight alterations.
Although the same total was reflected, the other specifications were changed and, according to Ouano, the DPWH altered the figures City Hall submitted.
MANILA -- A day after claiming she herself was a “victim of hunger,” an “angry” President Arroyo cracked the whip on government officials in ordering them to implement “hunger mitigation” measures.
MANILA -- The Supreme Court (SC) has approved the filing of a civil suit before the Pasig City Regional Trial Court against Department of Health officials over the alleged irregular awarding of medical supply contract to a private pharmaceutical firm.
DAVAO CITY -- The phase-out period for the Aerial Spray Ban has started March 22 and plantations in the city are expected to have reverted to boom-ground-spraying by June 22.
