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Day: July 16, 2024

PCG prepares vs. rogue vessels via boarding exercise

MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted boarding exercises on Monday as part of the ‘Vessel Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS)’ course in Port Area, Manila.

In a statement on Tuesday, course director Lieutenant Commander Mark Jefferson Mang…

183 pass Shari’ah Bar Exams; 9 women in top 10

MANILA: Nine women are among the ten examinees with the highest marks in the 2024 Shari’ah bar examinations (SBE), the Supreme Court said Tuesday.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, chairperson of the 2024 SBE, announced that a …

239 Albay students get P25K cash aid each under CHED program

LEGAZPI CITY – A total of 239 students from Albay province received on Tuesday a financial grant under the Student Monetary Assistance for Recovery and Transition (SMART) program of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

In an interview during t…

3.1M hectares planted with tree seedlings under Ilocos-NGP

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Over 3.1 million hectares (ha) in the Ilocos Region have been planted with tree seedlings since the National Greening Program (NGP) started in 2011, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Tuesday.

At …

Bacolod flagship health program reaches 104K members

BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) already has 104,000 registered members as of Tuesday.

Of the total, almost 5,000 cardholders have already availed of hospitalization services since the flagship health program beg…

DOTr welcomes UN resolution on seafarer rights

MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday lauded the adoption of a United Nations Human Rights Council (UN-HRC) resolution that seeks to protect and promote the human rights of seafarers around the world.

The resolution will allow th…