The Philippines celebrates National Heroes’ Day on Monday, August 29, 2022, to commemorate the fallen heroes and those currently risking their lives on the frontlines for the welfare and safety of their fellow Filipinos.
Environmental group Oceana highlighted the threat posed by illegal dump-and-fill projects on Dolomites Beach this August as typhoons surge in the Metro.
The 2023 Philippine National Budget is set at ₱5.268 trillion, as proposed and submitted by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to Congress on Monday, August 22, 2022.
Former director of the Vatican press office Father Federico Lombardi SJ stated in an interview that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is ready for “the definitive encounter with the Lord”.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is alarmed with the rising reported abductions and killings of young girls in Central Luzon and CALABARZON in the past weeks.
The Department of Health (DOH) reported the fourth Monkeypox case in the Philippines, Monday evening on August 22, 2022. The patient is a 25-year-old with no history of travel where there is a Monkeypox outbreak.
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna and Manila Vice Mayor Yul Servo Nieto visited several schools for inspection as the first day of classes started on Monday, 22 August 2022.
Thousands of indigents waited outside the DSWD Main Office in Batasan Complex, Quezon City on Saturday, August 20, 2022, after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo announced the issuance of an Educational Assistance Fund available to students from primary to tertiary levels.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as per its secretary, Erwin Tulfo, will start to distribute a one-time cash assistance to aid indigent Filipino students before the approaching academic year 2022-2023.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday, August 25, 2022, that the country’s poverty rate increased from 16.6 percent in 2018 to 18.1 percent in 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic, and income and employment losses.