Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. opened December with a clear reminder to Department of Agriculture (DA) personnel: stay grounded, stay principled, and keep public service at the center of the agency’s work, even as the holiday season brings distractions and pressures.
The Philippines and Canada have reaffirmed their strong agricultural partnership following a high-level meeting between Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. and Canada’s Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai on November 13 in Makati City.
Negros Power has fully restored electricity in Central Negros after back-to-back Typhoons Tino and Uwan damaged the power network earlier this month. The company said that as of November 27, all lateral lines were re-energized, bringing power back to nearly 250,000 customers.
Globe and the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) are testing a new security technology called Silent Network Authentication (SNA), which aims to make digital banking safer and easier. The Proof of Concept (POC) is part of Globe’s G Verify platform, which uses real-time network data and secure APIs to verify users without requiring one-time passwords (OTPs) or SMS codes.