DOH-Bicol urges parents, seniors to get vaccinated

LEGAZPI: The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Bicol is urging parents and seniors to let their family members get vaccinated against preventable diseases.

In his message during the celebration of World Immunization Day …

ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO READ BOOKS ON RACIAL, RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY TO PROMOTE UNITY – FAHMI

KUALA LUMPUR, Children need to be exposed to the culture of reading, especially books about the diversity of races and religions in this country, as an effort to cultivate a knowledgeable generation and celebrate differences, said Fahmi Fadzil.

The …

SMC group building bigger OFW lounge at NAIA T3

MANILA: The San Miguel Corporation (SMC) consortium will provide an even bigger space at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City for departing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

House Speaker Martin Romualdez lauded SMC,…

GOV’T MOVES ON TARGETED SUBSIDIES, CIVIL SERVICE NEW SALARY SCHEME PRIORITISE NATION’S INTERESTS – FAHMI

KUALA LUMPUR, The government’s moves to implement targeted subsidies and review the civil service salary scheme are based on the principle of prioritising the interests of the people and the nation, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

He said…

Marcos: Submarine cable to solve Mindoro’s power woes

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sees the connection of Mindoro provinces to the grid through a submarine cable as the ‘long-term solution’ to their electricity supply concerns.

In a media interview in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on Tueday,…

RMN COPTER TRAGEDY: KING CONVEYS CONDOLENCES, ORDERS MAF TO CONDUCT THOROUGH PROBE

KUALA LUMPUR, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia has expressed his sadness and conveyed his condolences to the families of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) helicopter crash victims in Lumut this morning.

In a Facebook post, Sultan Ibrahim or…

17 villages in Bacolod City undergo nutrition survey

BACOLOD: Some 17 villages in this city are undergoing the National Nutrition Survey 2024 until May 1 initiated by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI).

The survey mainly aims to provide empirical …