Some 64 people who used drugs (PWUDs) graduated from the rehabilitation program of the Navotas City local government on Monday, April 17. Bidahan, a community-based drug rehabilitation program (CBDRP), conducted a year-long treatment procedure for PWUDs that included a six-month aftercare after the...
There’s a lot more a farm can be than being a land to plant crops. We all know how farms can be developed to become resorts, restaurants, tourism sites, and learning centers. A special farm in Beckel, Benguet made sure to get in all that. Cosmic Farm is an organic farm founded in 1989 by Rogel...
Global trade growth in 2023 is still expected to be subpar despite a slight upgrade to GDP projections since last fall, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). A new“Global Trade Outlook and Statistics” report by WTO economists on Wednesday, 5 April, forecasts that volume of world...
St. Luke's Medical Center has just opened its first outpatient care services in SM City BF Parañaque, offering a comprehensive range of bloodwork and dialysis services to the community. It is an important milestone for St. Luke’s as it marks the first step toward providing quality and accessible...
The Philippines generated $50.65 million export sales, surpassing its target by over 300 percent, in the world’s largest annual food and beverage expo, Gulfood 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement, the Center for International Trade Expositions...
The Philippine Red Cross "Bakuna Center" at the PLMC Building in Mandaluyong City will be closed from April 6 to 10 in observance of Holy Week. "We encourage everyone to plan their vaccination schedules accordingly and to take note of the temporary closure to avoid any inconvenience. Let's...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go personally witnessed the inauguration of an evacuation center in Barangay Mangagoy, Bislig City in Surigao del Sur. The ceremony was attended by Vice Governor Manuel Alameda Sr., City Mayor Florencio Garay, Barangay Captain Rolando Millan and other local officials....
The Makati Medical Center (MMC) has vowed to assist the Philippine National Police (PNP) in improving the delivery of services to its hospitals and other treatment facilities for policemen and their dependents. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the commitment to develop a sustainable and...
The House of Representatives' resident doctor was able to "certify" the medical condition of Lilia Cruz, the so-called "Sibuyas Queen" and focal person in the solons' ongoing agricultural hoarding-slash-price manipulation probe. This was confirmed by Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and...
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food instructed on Tuesday morning, March 21 the House of Representatives physician to go to the hospital where "Sibuyas Queen" Lilia Cruz had been confined to. This, after Cruz, who goes by the alias "Leah Cruz", skipped the panel's hearing on the...
A state-run shelter seeking to protect rescued women and children is now home to one of the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s newest Tech4Ed centers. In partnership with the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental, the DICT launched a Tech4Ed center at the Reception Study...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the establishment of the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) Annex in the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. Marcos gave the directive through [Executive Order (EO) No. 19](https://pco.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230308-EO-19-FRM.pdf) which he...
