MANILA: A total of 120,359 college students, struggling and non-reader elementary learners, and parents have benefitted from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) expanded Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program.
DSWD spokesperson, Assistant…
ILOILO CITY: A total of 3,045 out of the 4,051 barangays of Western Visayas have established the government’s HAPAG (Halina’t Magtanim ng Prutas at Gulay) sa Barangay Project as of February this year, according to the Department of the Interior and Lo…
The Hai Van Gate, located on the top of Hai Van Pass – the most beautiful pass in central Vietnam, was reopened for tourists on August 1 after two years of restoration. Lying 490m above sea level, on the border of Lang Co Town in Thua Thien-Hue Provin…
MANILA: The Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the awarding of the Foreign Minister’s Commendation on Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez Jr., professor and former chancellor of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
In a statement on Thurs…
MANILA: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) recently received a 100-percent nationwide International Organization for Standardization or ISO certification on several of its services, BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said on Thursday.
Lumagui, duri…
MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday assured that it is ready to help fisherfolk affected by the oil spill in Limay, Bataan.
The assurance was made by Program Management Bureau (PMB) Assistant Director Edwin Mor…