The Department of Agriculture (DA) is ramping up efforts to improve farm productivity and deploys mobile soil testing laboratories (MSL) across the country for the purpose.
Foreign tourist arrivals to the Philippines fell by 2.4 percent in the first nine months of the year, reaching 4.33 million, according to data from the Department of Tourism. The decline was largely driven by a sharp drop in visitors from South Korea and China.
Globe Telecom has activated its emergency response teams in the wake of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck offshore Davao Oriental on October 10. The powerful tremor, felt across the Davao Region and nearby provinces, triggered evacuations and temporary suspension of operations in several areas.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) received a surge of applications on October 10, the first day of its Digital Ginhawa Loan program, with 21,418 government employees applying for a total of ₱1.258 billion in loans via the GSIS Touch mobile app.