Global crisis unleashed: 2023’s devastating floods

ANKARA – Severe natural disasters triggered by climate change marked 2023 as a calamitous year with thousands tragically killed around the globe. Considered among the most destructive natural disasters humanity faces, flood catastrophes claimed thousands of lives this year. Nearly every nation suffered fatalities and devastation due to the relentless havoc caused by floods. Anadolu’s “Disasters of 2023” special series…

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DA ENCOURAGES FILIPINOS TO AVOID RICE WASTAGE, BUY LOCALLY PRODUCED RICE AS PH OBSERVES NATIONAL RICE AWARENESS MONTH

As the country observes the National Rice Awareness Month, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is encouraging consumers to avoid rice wastage and to buy locally produced rice to help the farmers boost their income.  Dr. Karen Eloisa Barroga, Deputy Executive Director for Development of DA-PhilRice, said in a Palace press briefing that under the DA’s…

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PBBM ORDERS GOV’T AGENCIES TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR AFP, UNIFORMED PERSONNEL; HONORS FALLEN POLICE, MILITARY MEMBERS

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. directed concerned government agencies on Friday to ensure the effective implementation of the Comprehensive Social Benefits Program (CSBP), as he recognized the contributions of the members of the military and the police who died or were wounded while performing their duties. “Ang mga tulong medikal, pinansiyal, pang-edukasyon, trabaho, pabahay, at…

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Pope Francis spends second quiet night in hospital – Vatican

ROME – Pope Francis spent a second quiet night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery to fix a hernia caused by a 2021 operation on Wednesday, the Vatican press office said Friday.  On Thursday evening the Vatican said Pope Francis had spent the day “resting” and that his “hemodynamic and respiratory parameters” were “stable”. “The post-operative course…

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