The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok has belied earlier reports that 10 Filipinos died in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that rocked Thailand and Myanmar on Friday. The tremors were als0 felt in adjoining areas including India and China. In its latest advisory on Saturday, the Embassy called the report as “false information” and said it has…
MANILA — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has constructed a 3-storey health center in Tondo, Manila, bolstering public health services in the area. Located at Molave Street, Barangay 228, Zone 1, the Tayabas Health Center was completed through the efforts of the DPWH North Manila District Engineering Office. This facility aims to…
Camiguin National High School receives funds from DOST for the physical science and biology laboratory upgrading on June 6, 2023. The Department of Science and Technology spearheads the upgrading of Camiguin National High School (CNHS)’s physical science and biology laboratory through the deployment of science laboratory equipment and the installation of DOST Interactive Education Technologies…
The Universal Health Care (UHC) Coordinating Council will keep track of the spending of the special health fund by the local government units (LGUs) and local health systems in a bid to improve the country’s health system, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said Tuesday. “And what happens is there is going to be a special health…
By Connie Calipay RECOGNITION. Police awardees (2nd row, standing) pose for a photo opportunity with officials of the Police Regional office in Bicol (PRO5) and some national government agencies during the 29th Police Community Relations Month celebration at Camp Simeon A. Ola on Wednesday (July 31, 2024). PRO5 recognized several of its personnel, units, and…
The office of Congress representative Jose Manuel “Joeman” Alba of the 1st District of Bukidnon and the Department of Science and Technology brings Silyang Pinoy in Bukidnon through a series of trainings for local furniture makers in the 1st district of the province. On July 11-16, 53 attendees actively participated and were able to produce…
MANILA — In a strong show of confidence and commitment to the future of Philippine journalism, Supreme Court Associate Justice Raul B. Villanueva has expressed his full support for the newly installed leadership of the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), headed by President Rebecca Madeja-Velásquez and Chairman/Director for Media Affairs Nelson S. Santos….
STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (1st row, 4th from left) and Philippine International Trading Corp. president and chief executive officer Undersecretary Emmie Liza Perez-Chiong (4th from left), and Sugar Regulatory Administrator Pablo Azcona (6th from left), with sugar industry stakeholders after a meeting at the Department of Agriculture central office in Quezon…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. allowed Republic Act (RA) No. 11963 to lapse into law on Thursday, October 12, renaming the Agham Road and the BIR Road as Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue. RA 11963 , which is titled, an “Act Renaming the Agham Road and the BIR Road, Stretching from North Avenue, Traversing Through…
A Filipino professor and international postgraduate student in England bagged second place for the Queen Mary UK Best PhD in Robotics Award for inventing a novel sensor that could measure force, vibration, and temperature that could be used in telemedicine and telerobotics. Dr. Alexander Co Abad, who completed his doctoral degree in Computer Science and…
