Low-income residents in Davao Oriental benefited from the PHP11 million cash assistance distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the province.
The traditional dragon boat's heads and tails will now be replaced by the golden heads and tails of the “Kugtong”—Cagayan de Oro's mythical water creature.
Persons with disabilities in Agusan del Norte have benefited from free medical services such as bone scanning and assessment, the provincial government said.
The city government of Cabadbaran in Agusan del Norte and the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region opened a one-hectare demonstration farm to help boost vegetable production.