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MANILA, Philippines — A total of 689,885 family food packages have been pre-positioned “nationwide” by the state social welfare bureau in preparation for possible supertyphoon Mawar. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also started the…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) signed an agreement integrating cashless payment technologies in mass transportation systems nationwide. According to the DOTr Sec. Jaime Bautista in a…
Less than half of the country’s schools, both public and private, can fully conduct in-person classes when the new academic year begins next week. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP)…
MANILA, Philippines — A nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill is set to be held on September 8 as part of the country’s efforts to be prepared against natural disasters, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The purchase, sales and drinking of liquor is prohibited for two days, from May 8 and 9. Anyone caught violating the election-related liquor ban would be arrested and face imprisonment of one to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nation’s governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have…
Greece will impose a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus, limiting people to their homes except for essential outings, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday. “I have given orders that all appropriate action be…
President Duterte is considering a ban on plastics in the country to protect the environment from plastic waste pollution. Mr. Duterte raised the idea at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday night, during a presentation by Vernice Victorio,…
MANILA, Philippines — At Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City, Julie Ann Ragum lined up starting at 8 a.m. on Monday with over 100 other parents who wanted to have their children immunized for free against polio…
A TEAM of Special Weapons and Tactics representing Central Visayas placed sixth in the second nationwide Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Competition Challenge in Davao this week. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas…
FOR THE third consecutive year, Cebu City made it to the top five richest cities in the Philippines, maintaining its rank of fourth place for 2017. This development delighted not only local officials but also members of…
THE Department of Health (DOH) has rolled out a nationwide testing program for Hepatitis B to prevent the disease from further spreading among Filipino children. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday bared the agency’s National Hepatitis…
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