No confirmed case of monkeypox has been detected in the Philippines so far, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday.In a Laging Handa briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said local government units continue to submit samples fro…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday said some 100 immunocompromised minors aged 12 to 17 have received their booster shots this week.The rollout for those with immunocompromised conditions began last Monday. Still, the agency expects the number …
Continue ReadingSchools in Eastern Visayas are strongly urged to conduct local education tours to help revitalize the tourism industry in the region badly hit by Covid-19 pandemic.Department of Tourism (DOT) Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said on…
Continue ReadingOver a thousand faculty and staff of the state-run Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) will shift to a four-day workweek under the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) approved flexible working arrangements.For working mother Sherlyn Nicolas of the MMSU…
Continue ReadingAt least 8,520 mangrove propagules were planted Saturday on the coast of Barangay Barangay Talon-Talon as this city joined the country’s Arbor Day celebration.Dubbed “Arbor Day na Zamboanga”, theplanting activity covered an area of 3.4 hectares at the …
Continue ReadingThe Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) has finished its final inspection and will turn over all documents to the next administration before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term on June 30.Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, the TFBM chair, thank…
Continue ReadingThe government has brought insurgency to near annihilation more than three decades after the Rano massacre in Digos, Davao del Sur where 38 members of an indigenous peoples (IP) community were massacred by communist rebels.The Rano massacre was the mos…
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