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Month: September 2024

Power restored to nearly 99% of typhoon-affected clients

Power has been restored to over 6.03 million of Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s 6.1 million customers affected by Typhoon Yagi and subsequent flooding, equating to nearly 99%.

According to the group’s fresh announcement, 1,640 out of the 1,678 medium-vo…

PBBM endorses Garafil as MECO board chair

Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has endorsed former Presidential Communications Office (PCO) secretary Cheloy Garafil as a member and chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO), Malacañang announc…

Ilocos Region provinces receive 27 new ambulances from DOH

The Department of Health (DOH) distributed 27 new and fully equipped ambulances to the local government units (LGUs) of Ilocos Region’s four provinces.

The ambulance distribution is part of the Health Facility and Enhancement Program of the DOH, aim…

DSWD-Bicol disburses over P90-M cash aid on PBBM’s birthday

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol reported on Tuesday a total of PHP90.3 million in financial aid to thousands of minimum wage earners under the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) during the recent ‘Handog ng Pangul…

DOLE: Job fair for 19K displaced POGO workers set Oct. 10

Manila: A job fair for displaced workers of internet gaming licensees (IGLs), formerly known as Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), is slated next month, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday.

During the “Kapihan sa Bag…

Battle to ban TikTok in US gets underway in federal court

The battle over whether to ban TikTok in the US and remove the Chinese social media and video-sharing platform from app stores nationwide got underway Monday in a federal appeals court.

TikTok and its parent company ByteDance argued before a three-j…