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(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives has plans of passing measures creating the Departments of Filipino Overseas and Foreign Deployment, Water Resources, and Disaster Resilience before the next recess in March. In a statement, House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said the House will soon vote on second reading on the proposed law creating the DFO to “keep an eye on the safety and protection of overseas Filipinos, including seafarers and household service workers.” So far, it […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, urged the creation of several departments and bodies he said were necessary to address specific needs of Filipinos. In his State of the Nation Address, Duterte urged the creation of a Department for Overseas Filipino Workers, a Department of Water Resources, including a Fire Protection Program, a National Academy for Sports, and a Department of Disaster Resilience. For this last one, Duterte emphasized the Big One, […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling the creation of a Department of Water and a Department of Disaster Resilience. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, during Monday’s Cabinet meeting, a “roadmap was presented” which included these “immediate, medium and long-term interventions..” The interventions included making an intensive campaign for the conservation of water and energy, the dredging of waterways, replacing tunnels and aqueducts, installing water tank systems in all Department of Health hospitals and providing […]
