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Celebrating characters of modern heroes in streets, screens
August 28, 2023, 7:25 pm
MANILA – The digital age has contributed to easing various lifestyles just by clicking devices for services and learning, all the more with the changes brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. This luxury of convenience for some, however, is not attained just by tapping… Read More
'Higalaay' 2023 brings back CDO's festive mood
August 28, 2023, 7:20 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Three years since the height of the pandemic, Mayor Rolando Uy's call to unite the city to overcome challenges has started bearing fruit with the huge turnout in this year's month-long celebration of the Higalaay (Friendship) Festival.Uy and Catholic Archbishop Jose… Read More
N. Korea apparently reopens its border due to economic problems
August 28, 2023, 6:42 pm
SEOUL– North Korea apparently has decided to reopen its border after more than three years of its tight virus curbs due largely to economic challenges from its border closure, South Korea's unification ministry said Monday. North Korea said Sunday it has allowed its citizens abroad to return… Read More
Economist sees Q3 pick up in manufacturing activities
August 28, 2023, 2:39 pm
MANILA – Manufacturing growth will likely recover in the third quarter of the year after a slight slowdown in the second quarter, an economist said on Monday. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview that… Read More
Iloilo City opens P40-M dialysis center for indigent patients
August 25, 2023, 8:32 pm
ILOILO CITY – A dialysis center equipped with 14 machines opened in Barangay San Isidro in Jaro district to provide free service to poor residents of Iloilo City on Friday. In his message during the inauguration program, Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said the city government has invested around PHP40… Read More
ASEAN ministers discuss financing modalities for health, infra
August 25, 2023, 12:53 pm
MANILA – Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno represented the Philippines at the ASEAN Finance and Health Ministers Meeting (AFHMM) and the ASEAN High-Level Dialogue on Promoting Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Mulia Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. In a statement late Thursday, the… Read More
DBM vows compliance with Ombudsman’s ruling on Pharmally issue
August 24, 2023, 9:20 pm
MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday assured the public of its full compliance with the Office of the Ombudsman’s decision against individuals involved in the purchase of Covid-19 RT-PCR test kits from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. This, after the Ombudsman found… Read More
Solon pushes for school voucher expansion
August 24, 2023, 9:19 pm
MANILA – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called for an expanded voucher system to address congestion in public schools, especially in urban areas, as well as lessen the need to fund the construction of more classrooms. “If you have a well-designed voucher system that is properly… Read More
Ombudsman OKs graft raps vs. PS-DBM, Pharmally execs
August 24, 2023, 8:50 pm
MANILA – Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires has approved the filing of graft charges against former officials of the Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (PS-DBM), along with private individuals for irregularities in the 2020 contracts for more than PHP4 billion worth of RT-PCR… Read More
DOH recognizes Iloilo BHWs' role during pandemic, immunization
August 24, 2023, 8:05 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health and the provincial government acknowledged the roles of barangay health workers (BHWs) during the health pandemic and the conduct of supplemental immunization activity for measles-rubella and the oral polio vaccine (MR-OPV) in Iloilo province. More or less… Read More
'Social safety nets' needed to cushion recent economic shocks
August 24, 2023, 7:27 pm
MANILA – Economists and businessmen agree that the government can employ creative measures to cushion the lingering economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as recent inflation surges. They were reacting to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released Thursday, saying high inflation… Read More
CCAP backs BSP's move to retain interest rate cap
August 23, 2023, 8:49 pm
MANILA – The Credit Card Association of the Philippines (CCAP) on Wednesday expressed support to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Monetary Board's decision to maintain the interest rate ceiling on credit cards. “We support the BSP’s intention to strike a balance between the interest of… Read More
DOH urges youths to get boosters vs. vaccine-preventable diseases
August 23, 2023, 8:46 pm
MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said adolescents aged 10 to 19 years old are prone to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), especially if they have not received booster shots. "May mga bakuna na bumababa ang proteksyon habang tumatagal kung kaya kailangan ng karagdagang… Read More
QC orphanage exec faces 4th criminal complaint
August 23, 2023, 8:32 pm Updated on August 23, 2023, 11:00 pm
MANILA – A fourth criminal case was filed Wednesday against the executive director of the private childcare facility Gentle Hands Inc. (GHI), this time for alleged violation of Section 54(a)(1) of Republic Act 11642 or the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act of 1998.… Read More
Region 8 health facilities urged to speed up bivalent vax rollout
August 23, 2023, 7:04 pm
TACLOBAN CITY – Health facilities in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) were urged to “re-strategize” ongoing bivalent vaccination against Covid-19 to fully consume the allocated vaccines on or before the end of August. The Department of Health (DOH) regional office reported that since they started… Read More
Cebu City tourism exec seeks more consular offices in China
August 22, 2023, 11:02 am
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Tourism Commission (CCTC) on Monday urged the Marcos administration to open more consular offices in China and other Asian countries to further boost the tourism arrivals in Cebu and other parts of the country. Lawyer Jocelyn Pesquera, head of the CCTC, said a team from… Read More
DOH-3 to roll out bivalent Covid-19 vax to gov't workers
August 21, 2023, 9:41 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Health Central Luzon Center for Health Development (DOH CLCHD) will start on Tuesday the administration of bivalent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines to government employees in Region 3 (Central Luzon). The two-day vaccination will be… Read More
Davao City benchmark for LGUs on wire-free city
August 21, 2023, 6:58 pm
DAVAO CITY – As this city aims to get rid of overhead wires by 2029, some local government units (LGUs) in the country have done benchmarking activities here to replicate the city’s underground cabling project. Manila-based reporters recently visited the underground cabling project here of… Read More
CA affirms DOH blacklisting of car dealer from gov't biddings
August 21, 2023, 1:14 pm
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the decision of a lower court dismissing the petition of a local car dealership questioning the Department of Health's decision to temporarily blacklist the company in government contract biddings until last May. The appellate court’s Special… Read More
Niyogyugan Festival back in Quezon after 3-year halt
August 19, 2023, 7:49 pm
LUCENA CITY – The Niyogyugan Festival, Quezon province’s annual event to celebrate its coconut farmers, resumed after a three-year halt, bringing in an average of 20,000 tourists daily. The 11-day long festival that ended Saturday is part of the province’s commemoration of the birth… Read More
