Ilocos Norte is advancing a 10-hectare Beema bamboo plantation project with 10,000 propagules ready for planting during the upcoming rainy season in Barangay Camandingan.
The Japanese government and the International Organization for Migration finished the installation of solar power equipment in numerous health care facilities benefiting remote islands in Mindanao.
Improved access to water. The Department of Agrarian Reform gave units of the solar powered-irrigation system to Cavite farmers that can improve the harvest of their crops.
A rise in ocean wastes. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Bicol sector called out the region's local government unit to improve programs on solid waste management.