DOST upskills 15 Paglaum women in calamansi juice concentrate processing

MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL – The Department of Science and Technology in Misamis Occidental organized a Skills Training on Calamansi Juice Concentrate Processing for 15 women members of the Paglaum Livelihood Association, May 30, 2023 at the Paglaum Learning Site, Plaridel. The activity included hands-on training in producing calamansi juice concentrate and orientation on Basic Food Safety…

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CCC: New COA rules to help promote effective climate projects

The Climate Change Commission (CCC) has expressed optimism the  Commission on Audit’s (COA) issuance of new regulatory guidelines would result in the effective implementation of climate-related projects and programs. COA released on April 18 its Circular 2023-01, which provides guidelines in the audit of programs, activities and projects with Climate Change Expenditure Tagging (CCET) to validate the budget…

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DOT bars tourists from Mayon’s permanent danger zone

LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Tourism in Bicol (DOT-5) discourages tourists and visitors from risky areas around the erupting Mayon Volcano. In a Friday Mayon advisory to tourists, foreign and domestic, visiting DOT stressed that “Mayon Volcano’s alert level status has been raised from Level 2 to Level 3 by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) due to increasing…

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ASEAN, China media leaders vow stronger ‘win-win’ ties

By Mark Merueñas  NANNING, China – Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, and China have vowed to strengthen their “bilateral exchanges and partnerships for a shared future, through media innovation and modernization.” During the 2023 China-ASEAN Media Partners Forum, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam underscored the need for the media to “widely spread…

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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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Bivalent vaccine donations ‘not enough’ yet for Pinoy health workers, elderly

The government would need two to three million doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines to protect the vulnerable population, and the donated bivalent vaccines it has already received are not enough yet to meet the required jabs. Infectious diseases expert, Dr. Rontgene Solante took this position in a  recent televised public briefing. He said the 391,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccines the country received over…

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