Globe, partners start long-term Boracay conservation drive

PR 07/27/2018

Globe Telecom, along with its partners, has kicked off initiatives to help address environmental issues besetting the country’s top tourist draw, Boracay Island. It recently held an environmental education and leadership workshop, donated a communal septic tank,…

Agri chief: Intensified illegal fishing drive like gov’t’s war on drugs

USJ-R Journalism Intern 07/24/2018

Aside from the war against illegal drugs, the government is also waging an intensified campaign against illegal fishing in the country’s seas. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said this in the sidelines of Tuesday’s (July 24) Philippine Agriculturist…

Flawed drive

Editorial 06/29/2018

Soon after Sen. Richard Gordon noted that at least 7,000 people had been arrested in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s instructions for police to round up loiterers, the President denied saying that he ordered their arrest. He…

Trillanes wants probe on ‘anti-tambay’ drive

Inquirer.net 06/29/2018

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has sought for an investigation into the controversial crackdown of “tambays” or loiterers carried out by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Trillanes filed on Thursday Senate Resolution No. 775, which noted that “the…

NATIONAL CLEAN-UP DRIVE

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 06/28/2018

Environmental advocates urged the public to take part in the National Clean Up Day on Sept. 15. Interested participants are called on to register at bit.ly/nationalcleanupday2018_ph. “We aim to activate five million volunteers to raise awareness that…

Drug prevention education drive pushed, drug tests on tutors, students eyed

Benjie B. Talisic and Futch Anthony Inso, Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/14/2018

Incorporating drug prevention education in the school curriculum and conducting surprise random drug tests among teachers and staff of schools’ administrations are among ways pushed to ensure that the youth will not be involved in illegal drugs.…

Investment drive on for Call Center City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/27/2018

IT-BPM REMAINS A SUNSHINE INDUSTRY IN CEBU If Cebu’s information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sectors continue its growth of between seven to ten percent annually, the industry will need more workers. According to the Cebu…

‘Eradicate the tumours’: Chinese civilians drive Xinjiang crackdown

AFP 04/26/2018

THE CIVILIAN group descended on the village under government instructions to “win the people’s hearts,” but it also had a darker mission: identifying and punishing threats to the Chinese state. Four months after the Communist Party sent…

Tourism dep’t extends ‘Bring Home a Friend’ drive until October

Inquirer.net 04/18/2018

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) extended the “Bring Home a Friend” (BHAF) campaign until October 31, 2018, after overwhelming requests from the public. DOT Secretary Wanda Teo said that the campaign was extended by DOT and its…

Missing Cebu lawyer surfaces

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/18/2018

The lady lawyer who went missing for nearly 12 hours surfaced at the parking lot of a shopping center in Barangay Banilad, Cebu City where she left her car on Tuesday evening. Lawyer Sarah Cabrera-Calipayan, 33, was…

Clean-up drive gathers plastics and biomaterials in Oslob waterfalls

Rosalie Abatayo 04/17/2018

Oslob waterfalls net three dump trucks of waste, both plastics, and biomaterials, on the first morning of its clean up program, said Oslob Mayor Jose Tumulak Jr. Tumulak said that they will conduct a meeting with the…

PNP drive vs illegal drugs will not end – Bato

Inquirer.net 04/16/2018

THE POLICE force’s fight against illegal drugs does not end with the retirement of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. During his final briefing with the media as PNP’s top cop at…

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