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Fresh and affordable farm and fishery products are now available at the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Quezon City through the Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The Department of Agriculture (DA) provided P150-million worth of assistance to help farmers control fall armyworm (FAW) that damage their crops.

New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippine Peter Kell officially turned over Php 800,000 to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) to help them procure additional Personal Protective Equipment for healthcare workers and frontliners.

The Vatican, in its online news web site, reported that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been appointed by Pope Francis as a new member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the third appointment bestowed by the Pope on Tagle.

ABS-CBN’s application for a franchise renewal was denied by the Committee on Legislative Franchises of the House of Representatives after 13 public hearings.

The Department of Labor and Employment predicts the loss of over One Million OFWS jobs by 2021 with over 500,000 jobs by the end of this year. This grim prediction by the DOLE will have a devastating effect on over 1,200 land and sea-based licensed recruitment and manning agencies with over Fifty percent (50) of the existing agencies not expected …

Enforcing the business firms to comply with the set guidelines of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as more enterprises resume operations, the tandem agencies recently conducted inspection in business establishments and workplaces in San Fernando City, La Union.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) estimates that around 341,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have lost their jobs abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged online businesses to register with the government, citing it as key to consumer protection. This comes after the recent directive of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for online sellers to register their businesses on or before 31 July 2020.

Both the local main stocks index and the peso ended weaker on Monday, partially on news of a spike in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in several countries.