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AFTER street kids, the Fuente Police Precinct is focusing on rehabilitating drug users through the Pangandoy sa Kausaban (Wish for Change) program together with several government agencies. Launched yesterday, the program is aimed at providing livelihood training…
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Monday offered a package of services from the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) WELL program to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) repatriated under the Saudi amnesty program. WELL stands for…
Near the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Cebu City, passersby can hear music wafting through the air. The soothing sound comes from an instrument called the bamboo xylophone, locally known as “gabbang.” A closer look, and a…
The arrests of Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz’s trusted aide Joselito Arellano, the two other men accused of selling two large packs of shabu worth P29 million wrapped in a paper bag, and two women selling shabu in Barangay…
THE blind community have lived in Barangay Apas for decades and have flourished for years in their different livelihoods, such as providing massage services. But when the fire razed their houses, they are faced with possible relocation…
For fear of losing their slots, about 50 fire victims in Barangay Apas have returned to the fire site on Friday morning and began rebuilding homes without the permission of the Cebu City government. Eric John Catalya,…
Miracles are provided by Nature to all of us but we haughtily take them for granted, as if our home planet owes us these services. How can we possibly exist without the air, water, land, trees, the…
Each 21st day of November is observed globally as World Fisheries Day. There were many activities to highlight the significance of fisheries as important source of animal protein in our diet, and livelihoods of fishers and coastal…
Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…
We all agree that fish is a very important source of food for us and marine resources. It is a major provider of livelihood and economic and recreational opportunities for millions, apart from its nutritional benefits. But…
There is merit to Sen. Cynthia Villar’s proposal to redefine and redirect the targets of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps from health and education to livelihood and education. In redirecting the 4Ps target from health…
DENR Secretary Gina Lopez hit the ground running by meeting the agency officials together with the civil society leaders upon assuming her post. This was a first in the history of the department and was widely lauded.…
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