2023

DMW: We want new deployment opportunities for OFWs

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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is currently in the process of signing memoranda of cooperation with several countries that are desirous to hire more Filipino healthcare and skilled workers. DMW Undersecretary for Policy and International Cooperation PY Caunan told media reporters Friday that among the countries that have expressed interest in hiring Filipino workers are Hungary, Austria and Portugal in Europe, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar…

PBBM vows to create more quality jobs for Filipinos

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Has committed his administration to create more and quality jobs for Filipinos, as he welcomed the drop in the country’s unemployment in April 2023. “Malaking oportunidad ito para pag-igihin pa ang paghahanap at pagbibigay ng kalidad na pagkakakitaan sa ating mga kababayan ( “This is a big opportunity to strive harder to create quality…

Albay placed under state of calamity

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By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) or (Provincial Board) has approved in last Friday’s special session a resolution declaring the entire province under a state of calamity due to the increasing restiveness of Mayon Volcano. Vice Governor Baby Glenda Bongao, SP presiding officer, said the declaration is needed to enable the affected local government units (LGUs) to…

Salceda thanks Gatchalian for quick DSWD response, ‘full support’ to request of 10k food packs for Mayon evacuees

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House Ways and Means Chair Joey Sarte Salceda (Albay, 2nd district) has conveyed his sincere thanks to Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian for quickly responding to his request for food packs for the 9,829 families evacuated from the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) and 7-kilometer danger zone around Mayon Volcano. The…

PH, Israel agree on enhanced agriculture, water management collaboration

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The Philippines and Isreal agreed on a strengthened partnership in agriculture, water management, as well as in establishing direct flights between the two countries, following a meeting on Monday by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.

Statement of Albay Rep Joey S. Salceda on the appointments of DND Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa

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On Secretary Gilbert Teodoro: I would like to congratulate my former colleague in the House and in the Cabinet, Secretary Gibo Teodoro for his appointment to one of the most critical posts in the Marcos cabinet, the Department of National Defense. Gibo and I were elected to the House the same year, and everyone always regarded…

DOST 1 gears up to elevate Pangasinan’s 1st District Aquatic Resources

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ALAMINOS CITY- Dr. Teresita A. Tabaog, Officer-in Charge, Office of the Regional Director (OIC-RD), of Department of Science and Technology Region 1 (DOST 1 ) together with Provincial Director Arnold C. Santos and team, paid a visit to Congressman Arthur F. Celeste during her rounds in the City of Alaminos on May 19, 2023, to…

BAGONG PAMBARANGAY TV PROGRAM, ILULUNSAD

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ISANG bagong TV program tungkol sa barangay ang sisimulang ipalabas sa Hunyo 15 sa IBC 13. Ang “Bagong Barangay ng Mamamayan in Action” ay mapapanood tuwing Huwebes, simula alas-4 hanggang alas-5 ng hapon at sina Cong. Rodante Marcoleta at Dept. of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Felicito “Chito” Valmocina ang magiging host. Ang programa…

DOST-TAPI Partners with NEXPH to Boost Innovations in Clean Energy

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by Lawrence San Diego Inventors, startups, and businesses in the energy sector can now avail of opportunities to scale up their innovations, thanks to the new partnership between the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and New Energy Nexus Philippines (NEXPH). New Energy Nexus is an international…

Researchers urge exploration of PH hot springs and volcanic microorganisms for biotech and pharma applications

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The researchers suggest further microbial and natural product (NP) exploration of volcanoes and hot springs – underexplored habitats – that will undoubtedly yield a huge repertoire of novel and biologically active compounds.