Perpetual Help volleyball player Louie Ramirez is scheduled to leave for Japan next week to train with the Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, a club that competes in the top-level professional tournament V-League 1. The 23-year-old Ramirez, named National Col…
Day: August 6, 2023
Solon bats for scholarship to address lack of social workers
Citing the need for more social workers in the country, a Laguna legislator is pushing for a government scholarship program that would encourage deserving students to become professional welfare workers. In House Bill No. 6910 or An Act Establishing a…
Tuguegarao seniors, PWDs learn disaster awareness, response
Senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) were trained to increase their awareness and readiness when volcano, earthquake, and tsunami hazards strike and how to properly mitigate the impacts during the Disaster Resilience Forum at a mall he…
DA distributes 350 bags of rice seeds to Abra farmers
The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) on Sunday said it distributed 350 bags of rice seeds to farmers in six villages in Bangued, Abra, affected by the recent onslaught of Typhoon Egay. Dr. Aida Pagtan, Regiona…
UN: Shadow of nuclear war re-emerges
The shadow of nuclear war has re-emerged now that some countries are threatening to use nuclear weapons, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his message commemorating the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. “The …
Magnitude 5.5 quake jolts eastern China
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit eastern China on Sunday, bringing down dozens of houses and injuring at least 21 people, state-run media reported. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), said daily South China Post, citing the China…
New officers to help jumpstart BuCor reforms
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) expects to have 3,000 new officers next year, marking the start of a ‘reformed’ agency. BuCor hired 1,000 corrections officers last year and is hiring another 1,000 this year. The Department of Budget and Management a…
P25-M health care hub to benefit 18.6K families in Albay town
Some 18,580 families are expected to benefit from a PHP24.9-million centralized health care facility that will be established in Libon, Albay by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol under its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan …