The province of Ilocos Norte welcomed around 700,000 day visitors over the Holy Week, the highest number so far since the start of the pandemic, according to the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office.
More than 129,000 hectares of denuded forest lands and watersheds in Central Luzon have been rehabilitated, thanks to the government's Enhanced National Greening Program.
The United States government is providing an additional PHP17.5 million to support ecosystem and community recovery as part of its overall response to Typhoon Odette in the country.