A total of 1,856 learners with disabilities (LWDs) participated on Monday, Dec. 12, in the 17th Special Children (SPED) Holiday held at the Valenzuela City People’s Park Ampitheater. The SPED Holiday is an annual Christmas and year-end event for the LWDs in Valenzuela City organized by the local...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A Baguio-based journalist was convicted on Tuesday, Dec. 13, of cyber libel by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 93 over his Facebook post against former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol in 2017. According to a DZBB Super Radyo...
BACOLOD CITY - The local government here and Negros Occidental jointly imposed a total ban on all live domestic and wild birds, and their products, including eggs and manure from areas with reported cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’...
A neophyte congressman has underscored the importance of the Revised National Apprenticeship Program Bill, which was one of the 13 priority measures approved by the House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12. Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas (Facebook) The measure is contained in House Bill...
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) on Tuesday, Dec. 13, launched the ‘Oplan Iwas Paputok’ campaign. The DOH-7 reminded the public to take extra care as it aims for a ‘zero firecracker-related incidents’ during the Christmas and New Year revelry. 25FIREWORKS In a...
ILOILO CITY -- The University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) played a key role in the book Dunâ, Kinaíya Kag Paranúbliùn: A Cultural Inventory of the Province of Antique. The book is a collaborative effort of the Department of Education (DepEd–Antique), the National Commission for...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez distributed Noche Buena packs as part of the city government’s Pamaskong Handog program to 10,500 members of the Tricycle Operators Drivers Association (TODA) and 1,300 members of the Pedicab Operators Drivers Association (PODA) on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Olivarez...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte wished to replicate the free internet connectivity program of San Juan City to narrow the gaps among learners in a highly digitized learning environment. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a message at the Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San...
The city government of Mandaluyong welcomed 575 Grade 12 students during its "Be Academically Aware" or B.A.A. College Fair that aims to help them decide on what colleges or universities they want to enroll in and the respective programs that they wish to take up in college. Photo from Rep. Benjie...
In time for her birthday, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, together with other city government officials, held an ocular inspection of the city's highly anticipated Makati Life Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 12, as the facility is set to soon roll out its primary care services. "I wanted to see how...
The San Juan City local government officially announced that it has already accomplished its promise of installing smart TVs and free fiber optic internet connection to its 13 public schools and pledged to improve its efforts in ensuring the quality of education of its youth. Photo from Patrick...
A Korean fugitive was arrested by members of the Southern Police District-Special Operation Unit (SPD-DSOU) and their foreign counterparts in Parañaque City on Monday, Dec. 12. The suspect, identified as Kim Mihngyu, 29, a businessman, is now detained at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) facility...
