GENEVA: The global public health risks from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) remain high, but it is not apparent, while deaths have dropped dramatically since two years ago, an expert on pandemic preparedness of the World Health Organization (W…
Day: January 13, 2024
DOTr vows to help drivers of unconsolidated PUVs find employment
MANILA: The government will extend necessary assistance to all drivers of unconsolidated jeepneys and UV Express to find employment within transport cooperatives and corporations, the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) Office of Transportation Coop…
PH in talks with NZ employers to absorb laid-off Filipino workers
MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is in talks with employers in New Zealand who may be willing to absorb the overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who lost their jobs after ELE Group of Companies declared bankruptcy.
At a news forum in Quezon…
PM works with EVN on production plan for 2024PM works with EVN on production plan for 2024
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 13 had a working session with Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on implementing the group’s production and business plan for 2024.
Source: Vietnam News Agency
Germany soon to recruit skilled Filipino workers: DMW
MANILA: Germany expressed interest in hiring skilled workers from the Philippines after the official visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to Manila this week, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Saturday.
‘(N)agsabi ang Germ…
Biado beats young compatriot to rule Chinese Taipei 9-Ball Open
MANILA: Carlo Biado defeated rising star Bernie Regalario, 13-7, in the all-Filipino final of the 2024 Chinese Taipei 9-Ball Open at Hulk Billiards hall in in Ximending, Wanhua District on Friday night.
The 40-year-old Biado, the 2017 Poland World Ga…
PBBM: Anti-insurgency ops continue to enhance internal security
MANILA: The government would remain on guard, despite the successful dismantling of the guerilla fronts of the New People’s Army (NPA), President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Saturday.
While the NPA has ‘zero active guerilla fronts,’ Marcos acknow…
EU, PH start year-long celebration of 6-decade diplomatic ties
MANILA: The European Union (EU) and the Philippines commenced a year-long celebration to mark their 60 years of diplomatic relations.
The EU Delegation in Manila said the iconic globe at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City will be illuminated with the logo…
Provincial gov’t distributes fingerlings to grow Laguna’s food yield
Laguna: The provincial government here has launched a food security initiative to increase the output of local fishponds.
In an interview on Saturday, Provincial Agriculturist Marlon Tobias said they would continue distributing free tilapia fingerlin…