The Department of Social Welfare and Development is urging government agencies and local government units to use the updated list of poor families in Eastern Visayas as their basis for providing assistance.
While ongoing deliveries are carried out, about 32.45 percent of residents in Western Visayas have already received their Philippine Identification cards.
The Negros Occidental provincial government partnered with the Diocese of Bacolod for a tree-growing project that will be carried out by students from various schools in the province.
Bacolod City Health Office advises parents to vaccinate their children against the coronavirus as a precautionary measure before opening classes this August.
Six temporary classrooms are being constructed by parents and locals in the isolated village of Antique as part of the Brigada Eskwela school preparation initiative this school year.
The Department of Education in Leyte is stepping up its efforts to encourage learners to enroll for the new school year as there are only two weeks left before the start of classes.