The Davao City government has intensified its family planning drive to minimize the rate of maternal and infant mortality due to childbirth complications.
Eastern Visayas regained its red tide-free status after two weeks of recurrence of this phenomenon in four coastal areas in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said.
Two government departments in Ilocos have extended food packs and hygiene kits to earthquake-hit areas in the Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region.
The United Nations has arranged a satellite image assessment of the impact of the magnitude 7 earthquake that rocked Abra and nearby areas in northern Luzon.