US provides P38M in grants to promote women’s role in clean energy

PR 03/15/2023

MANILA, PHILIPPINES —On International Women’s Day March 8, the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced two new grant projects valued at P37.9 million ($690,000) to boost women’s participation in energy…

UP Sunflower Run in honor of women and children

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/14/2023

“Pagpugay sa Kababaihan, Pag-asa Para sa Kabataan”. The first ever UP Sunflower Run was held last March 11, 2023 at the Academic Oval of Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines (UP) as part of the…

More than a woman

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 03/13/2023

WHACK!!! A swift and solid kick had just been delivered straight to the center of my right gluteus maximus. I was doing my afternoon rounds with the residents and happened to have insinuated myself in the space…

The octave of women’s voices

Sen. Risa Hontiveros - @inquirerdotnet 03/08/2023

  I always smile when I hear someone humming, because it means they are relaxed and at ease. Humming is such a private, genuine, and spontaneous joy. I indulge in it every chance I get, in between…

Lapu-Lapu Mayor Chan pays tribute to women: They have become our equal partners for change

Futch Anthony Inso 03/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan acknowledges women and their contribution to the city government. “Women of today have become our equal partners for change,” said Mayor Chan, who led the city’s celebration of…

More South Korean women think marriage, childbirth unnecessary–survey

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 02/27/2023

SEOUL — More than a half of women said that marriage and childbirth are not an essential part of their lives, a survey showed Sunday, suggesting a growing trend of women defying the expectations of traditional gender…

Court rules: philanderer fleeing two angry women not guilty of drunk driving

Agence France Presse 02/12/2023

LOS ANGELES–A California man was found not guilty of drunk driving after arguing he needed to escape from “two angry women” — his wife and the woman she had caught him with. Thomas Patrick Houston told a court…

Women drive fast train to Mecca as Saudi workforce evolves

Agence France Presse 01/30/2023

JEDDAH — Driver Tharaa Ali takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, a beneficiary of conservative Saudi Arabia’s bid to employ its booming female workforce. Saudi women only gained the…

Women engaged in illegal drugs becoming a trend in Lapu-Lapu — police

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 10/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City police noticed that women used in illegal drug trade has slowly become a trend here. Police Lieutenant Colonel Jul Muhammad Jamiri, chief of the City Intelligence Unit of the Lapu-Lapu City…

More kidnappings show drug problem is coming back – Dela Rosa

John Eric Mendoza 09/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The increase in kidnappings and other crimes indicates that the illegal drug problem is coming back, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said in an interview with AM radio station DWIZ. Dela Rosa, who chairs…

AVC Cup : Philippines eyes semis slot, gears up for match against Thailand

Glendale G. Rosal 08/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After beating South Korea on Thursday, August 25, the Philippines eyes a semifinal slot by battling Southeast Asian powerhouse Thailand in the AVC Cup for Women quarterfinals at the Philsports Arena on Saturday,…

Violence against women, children cases in Central Visayas decline

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) recorded 629 cases of violence against women and children in the region as of today, June 3. This is 1,140 fewer or 64.4 percent fewer…

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