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MANILA, PIA – The Department of Health (DOH) reported that the Philippines is now one of the seven among the 22 high-burdened countries that have achieved its 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in fighting tuberculosis (TB) as early as 2012. The other six countries were Brazil, Cambodia, China, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Vietnam. Secretary of Health Janette P. Loreto-Garin disclosed that there has been a marked decline in TB burden since the launching […]
The newly assigned Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) chief denied the allegation of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that some 120 police commandos assigned to give aid to other SAF members in Mamasapano, Maguindanao did nothing much to save their comrades in the clash that occurred last January 25 with various armed groups. SAF Director Chief Supt. Moro Virgilio Lazo said Trillanes’ allegation was simply “not true.” “When the 55th and 84th SACs (Special Action […]
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is asking for a 29-billion pesos transition fund regarding the implementation of the K-to-12 program.
Cavite Congressman Elpidio Barzaga asked his colleagues in the House of Representatives to stop asking the President to appear in the investigation regarding the Mamasapano incident, saying that the Congress does not possess such power.
In Pangasinan, 14 municipalities and cities will experience a 10-hour power interruption tomorrow due to the annual preventive maintenance.
Mechanical failure may have been the cause of the falling girder launcher in the Pasay City portion of the Skyway.
Due to a re-survey of the area, the government decided to postpone the inauguration of the bridge of peace in the area where Special Action Force (SAF) commandos captured the terrorist Zulkifli Abdhir alias Marwan.
The Palace on Monday welcomed the positive ratings the country received from a United States-based think tank regarding “Labor Freedom”. “We note the results of the 2015 Economic Freedom Index indicating an improvement in the country’s ‘Labor Freedom’ score, which jumped by 8.5 points to 58.2 points—the highest in the last 10 years—as measured by the Heritage Foundation,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said. Secretary Coloma said that Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz attributed […]
Students in Davao del Norte province who are graduating from high school this March, but who are wary about pursuing their education because of lack of money can turn to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). In a recent visit to the province, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva announced a P10-million worth of scholarship for those eyeing to take technical vocational courses. The scholarship grant, which Villanueva turned over to local executives, was […]
“Defiance of the rule of law” is how Vice-President Jejomar Binay Sr described the efforts of the Office of the Ombudsman, Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to continue the implementing the suspension order against his son, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. Said agencies said that the temporary restraining order issued by the Court of Appeals is moot and academic because the Makati Vice-Mayor already took his […]
The trial proper against US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton starts today at the Regional Trial Court of Zambales. Pemberton is the suspect in the murder of Jeffrey Laude.
Senator Vicente Sotto III proposed a law giving free education to the children of state security personnel who gave up their life in the line of duty.
