OVP assures aid to ‘habagat,’ typhoon-hit families

MANILA: The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Thursday assured continuous aid to families affected by the onslaught of enhanced southwest monsoon or ‘habagat,’ and super typhoon Carina.

“The Disaster Operations Center of the OVP, institutionalize…

OVER 11,000 VOLUNTEERS RECRUITED BY MCMC FOR MIV INITIATIVE SINCE 2016

PUTRAJAYA, The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), through the Malaysia ICT Volunteer (MIV) initiative, has recruited and trained 11,335 volunteers since its inception in 2016.

This year, MCMC aims to recruit 1,500 volunteers n…

DA: P29 program to resume in 6 Kadiwa sites in NCR, Bulacan

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured the resumption of the P29 program or the sale of aging but good quality rice to the vulnerable sector at six Kadiwa sites in Metro Manila and Bulacan.

“Ang instructions ni (The instructions of) Secre…

CURTAINS UP FOR RIUH OOHA! CARNIVAL IN SARAWAK TOMORROW

KUCHING, Less than 24 hours from now, the Kembara RIUH carnival will open its curtains in Sarawak for the first time.

A Bernama survey at the parking lot of the State Stadium in Petra Jaya here, which is the venue of the event, found the installation…

Marcos readies relief packages for flood-hit LGUs

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he will start working on lumping up relief packages for local government units (LGUs) affected by Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat.

Speaking to reporters aft…

NIBM-CANSINO BIOLOGICS MOA WILL BOOST VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM – CHANG

PUTRAJAYA, The memorandum of agreement (MoA) between the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) and the Chinese company, CanSino Biologics Inc, is set to strengthen the ecosystem for human vaccine development and research in line with th…

DOH: NCR, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Ilocos Region on ‘Code Blue’

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) declared a Code Blue status on Thursday in the National Capital Region (NCR), Calabarzon, Central Luzon, and Ilocos Region amid the devastation brought by Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon (…