Tons of highland vegetables were sent by groups of Cordillera farmers and various non-government organizations to aid the food needs of residents in Siargao Island who were badly affected by Typhoon Odette in December last year.
More "friendship routes" will be opened in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao after the launch of the Davao-Marawi route for public utility vehicles in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.
Overseas Filipino worker-beneficiaries from two towns in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte have already received their payouts through the Tulong Pangkabuhayan Para sa Displaced/ Disadvantaged (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment.
The town of Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte has acquired a mobile kitchen as part of the municipality’s disaster response to provide hot meals to disaster victims in the province.
The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has begun the pilot of the face-to-face classes in three elementary schools in the island province of Tawi-Tawi.
The National Confederation of Transport Workers' Union in Northern Mindanao would rather resume the full seating capacities in public utility vehicles than increase the fare rates due to oil price hikes.