A regional health stockpile and joint procurement system are among the Philippines' proposals to strengthen healthcare cooperation across the Western Pacific.
More than PHP2 billion in USDA funding support has been welcomed by the Philippine Department of Agriculture as assistance for developing the country's purple yam industry.
The increase in the number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in select areas nationwide is not a cause for alarm, the OCTA Research Group said.
At least 1.3 million beneficiaries from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program are no longer considered “poor”, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said.