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The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is appealing for donations to help more families affected by the ongoing armed clashes in Marawi City, which have displaced thousands of people. According to PRC’s Operations Center, 96 barangays have been affected by the clashes, causing more than 29,000 individuals to leave their homes and seek temporary comfort and safety in evacuation centers. Infrastructures such as houses, a school, church, and jail have also been damaged. “Filipinos always rise […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has stepped up its relief efforts for the people who have been displaced by the recent armed clashes in Marawi City. To date, PRC has provided hot meals and clean water, as well as other humanitarian aid such as psychosocial support, first aid, blood supply, and tracing services. Eight evacuation centers in Lanao Del Norte and Iligan City are currently occupied by more than 2,000 families from Marawi City. “During […]
May 15, Monday, marks the 97th birthday of Karel Aster, the last Czech defender of Bataan. Born on 15 May of 1920, he is to this day the last living survivor among all the Czech defense volunteers who took part against the Japanese Invasion during World War II. Aster was awarded the Medal of Victory and the Medal of Defense in recognition of his honorable civilian combat service in the Philippines by the order of […]
The University of the Philippines Junior Finance Association is holding a financial summit on April 8 with the aim of spreading financial literacy to the youth. The summit–which is the flagship event of UP JFA’s Investment Month 2017–will be held in SM Aura. Themed “Nation-Building through Finance,” it aims to target around 1000 people all over the country, specifically the young who include college students, and junior and senior high school students. Delegates can expect talks and seminars by top […]
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Several agencies have joined the electronic Freedom of Information online portal, making it easier for citizens to request for information from them via the Internet. These agencies are the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and its attached units, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and its attached units, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Central Office, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the procurement service unit of the Department of […]
A training institute in Surigao del Norte has received an-almost half-a-million-peso development grant for the upgrading of its facilities. The development grant amounting to P497,850 was provided by MASHAV, Israel’s agency for international development cooperation, to the Sogbohan Agri-Training Institute on Dinagat Islands. MASHAV’s main objective is to help MASHAV course graduates to develop their existing ideas to a level of sustainability and maturity on an economic basis. In SATI, the only agriculture training center in […]
Once again, the US West Coast’s largest fitness event, Bodybuilding.com’s “The Fit Expo Los Angeles”, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center in California for its 14th epic year. This January 7-8, the Fit Expo, presented by Subway Restaurants and produced by the National Fitness Productions (NFP), plans to be a weekend of fitness that will offer attendees over 20 free competitions, events, workshops and appearances by the top fitness celebrities in the industry. Plus […]
MAKATI CITY – Senator Bam Aquino made an impassioned plea for greater transparency across the Philippine government and Duterte administration. “There is a lot of disinformation, misinformation, and fake news out there which seeks to twist the truth in any way. We have to defend the right information and the truth.” His remarks came at the start of Transparency 5.0: From Theory to Action, the 5th annual public forum on good governance, transparency,and accountability co-sponsored […]
The Taw’buid is the largest of the eight Mangyan tribes of Mindoro. Once occupying Mindoro’s lowlands, they were pushed deep into the mountains by both Spanish colonizers and Filipino immigrants. Many still sport loincloths called amakan, hunt game with spears called tulag, bows called gadun and spike traps called silo. Unlike other Mangyan who chew betel-nut, nearly all Taw’buid men smoke tobacco – children included. A collaboration between WWF, Far Eastern University, National Geographic Channel, […]
Fans of Korean American K-Pop sensation Jessica Jung will be glad to hear that she will be holding her first fan meeting in Manila on 25 November 2016 at Plenary Hall, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). Having established herself as a fashion designer with her own fashion line, Blanc & Eclare, Jessica is back to her musical roots with the release of her first mini solo album ‘With Love J’, which topped charts in Korea and 9 other countries […]
The 4th European Union-Philippines Energy Meeting will be held today (7 October 2016) with the theme “Electricity for a Better Life”. This meeting provides a platform for discussions on how to further move energy goals forward, particularly in maximising renewable energy towards achieving 90% household electrification and how to improve energy efficiency. Last year, the EU has allocated Php 3 billion grant for the Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (ASEP) which supports the Department of […]
