MANILA, (PIA) — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Malabon City chapter, in partnership with the local government and super health centers, conducted a polio immunization campaign from May 14 to 15, vaccinating 88 children in Barangays Catmon and Tonsuya. Led by Ricky Sandoval, Chairman of the PRC Malabon City chapter, along with 30 Red Cross 143…
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Manila-based Embassy of France to the Philippines which also covers Micronesia, have vowed to further strengthen their development commitment and cooperation on climate action. CCC Vice Chair and Executive Director (VCED) Robert E.A. Borje and French envoy to Manila, Ambassador Michele Boccoz have met recently and exchanged priorities and strategies for implementing local climate action. “We express our gratitude to the government of…
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) formally launched the PROPEL Business Hub and Exhibit Center on March 31, 2026, at the PROPEL Hub-Executive Lounge, DOST Complex along General Santos Avenue in Taguig City, establishing a collaborative space aimed at accelerating the commercialization of Filipino innovations and strengthening the country’s science, technology, and innovation (STI)…
The completion of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act (NAEA) is the best birthday gift he could ever receive, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. remarked on Tuesday. The agrarian reform department presented to President Marcos the IRR of the NAEA, or Republic Act No. 11953, after signing the two-year…
Through the Department of Science and Technology Region XII (DOST SOCCSKSARGEN), Hon. Rudy S. Caoagdan, Representative of the Second District of Cotabato and member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, paid a courtesy visit to the Department of Science and Technology Central Office in Bicutan, Taguig to explore science-driven opportunities that can accelerate…
READING ACTIVITY. Learners from public schools in Albay participate in the World Read Aloud Day celebration organized by the Albay Provincial Library and Information Center (APLIC) at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall on Wednesday (Feb. 5, 2025). World Read Aloud Day is a global campaign that advocates for literacy and strives to make reading and writing…
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Jail officials at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Puerto Princesa City District Jail-Female Dormitory are eyeing expanded sports, including cultural and other recreational programs to rehabilitate and retrain persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) before their eventual release back to society. In a press release on Sunday, Jan….
THE latest senatorial survey by the Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI), from select barangays nationwide, showed former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leading the race.
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (left) met with executives of Philippine Plaza Holdings Inc., owner of Sofitel Philippine Plaza, on May 13 to discuss the 600-room hotel’s closure on July 1. At right is PPHI President Esteban Peña Sy. (DOT photo) MANILA – The closure of the iconic Sofitel Philippine Plaza would be a “significant loss”…
The Department of Science and Technology in Region X, in partnership with the Local Government of Valencia City, Bukidnon, holds a four-day workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventory with the Climate Change Commission on March 6-10, 2024 at Sophie Red Hotel, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. The training-workshop is designed to capacitate LGU Valencia’s department heads and staff about…
