By NIKOLE JAVIER Nestle Philippines’ Milo launched its Active Pilipinas campaign to steer children into sports as health protocols eased on Saturday, Jan. 28. In the 2022 Philippine report card on physical activity for children and adolescents, 84 percent of Filipino adolescents have...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is doing a dry run of the improved Active Transport Project along EDSA as part of its Active Transport Infrastructure Improvement Program after getting the green light from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) this week. The dry run will...
ILOILO CITY — Officials here have asserted that a duathlon race embroiled in a controversy is not a part of the 2023 Dinagyang Festival. PARTICIPANTS in the 1st Iloilo City of Love Dinagyang Duathlon. (The Adbenturistik) Mayor Jerry Trenas warned events organizers from using the Dinagyang...
A new study has revealed that there is an “alarmingly high prevalence of insufficient physical activity” among Filipino children and adolescents, with only 15.4 percent meeting the global physical activity recommendation. This is according to the Youth Physical Activity Report Cards released by...
The number of regions in the country with active cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) and Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu went down, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Photos courtesy of Pixabay) “We have reduction in the number of ASF cases.efore we have 14...
"Just show up. That's what I love about CrossFit." Jacob Munez started from the bottom in the US Army, and worked his way up from a Private to become one of the youngest Sergeant NCO’s (Non-Comissioned Officer) during his six years of service. Since going back to his roots in the Philippines, he...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area (Calabarzon) logged 189 new active Covid-19 cases Thursday, July 7, the Department of Health (DOH) said. There are now a total of 1,174 active Covid-19 cases in the area. Cavite logged 42 new cases,...
The phreatic eruption that occurred in Bulusan Volcano may trigger succeeding explosions, an official of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned. Mt. Bulusan in Sorsogon (PNA file photo by Nonie Enolva) Bulusan, an active volcano located in the province of Sorsogon,...
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) received a new scholarship fund for its indigent students from the campus' industry partners. Photo from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) website The five subsidiaries of Active Group of Companies (AGC), with its founder and...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) asserted that the projection of a possible surge in Covid-19 cases next month, if public compliance to health protocols decreases, is based on...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government-Cordillera Administrative Region (DILG-CAR) urged the region’s punong barangays (PBs) and Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERT) teams to prepare the active contact details of their constituents to facilitate the government’s...
Fourteen out of the 18 barangays in Navotas City listed zero Covid-19 active cases on Friday, April 8. These are barangays Bagumbayan North and South, Daanghari, Navotas East and West, NBBN, NBBS Kaunlaran, NBBS Proper, San Jose, San Rafael Village, San Roque, Sipac-Almacen, Tangos North, and Tanza...
