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QC SHOPS NOT USING ‘KYUSIPASS’ FACE PENALTIES

Amid reported cases of the more contagious and transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant in the country, Mayor Joy Belmonte has approved an ordinance that will further boost Quezon City’s contact tracing efforts through the full implementation of its “KyusiPass” contact tracing app. The ordinance also penalizes business establishments not properly using the KyusiPass, following reports that […]

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SIARGAO IN TIME’S ‘GREATEST PLACES TO EXPLORE’

Surigao del Norte 1st District Representative Francisco Jose Matugas II has welcomed the recognition of Siargao Island by Time Magazine. “Thank you Time Magazine for the recognition of the creativeness and resilience of the people of Siargao Island,” Matugas said. Siargao Island was named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 World’s Greatest Places to Explore […]

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PEACE PARTY-LIST TO BETS: INVEST IN EDUCATION

This is the challenge posed by an education advocacy group to all those planning to run in the 2022 elections, as it stressed the importance of including a “comprehensive education strategy” in their campaign platforms. “From the very top, down to our local governments, kailangan lahat ng kandidato ay hindi lang mangako kundi magpakita ng […]

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PH URGED TO SUPPORT COVID VAX PATENT WAIVER

Senator Koko Pimentel III, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, filed Committee Report No. 274 urging the Philippine Government to support the proposal before the WTO for a waiver of the intellectual property rights over COVID-19 vaccines. Pimentel believes that such a waiver would help ramp up global production of the much-needed […]

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PH RED CROSS LEADS NAT’L CPR DAY – GORDON

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) celebrated the National CPR Day recently together with the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd), and the Philippine Heart Association, via an online webinar with more than 500 participants. PRC delivered informative videos that include how to make a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) mannequin so training can be done […]

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LAS PIÑAS TO ACHIEVE HERD IMMUNITY SOON – VILLAR

With the pace of their ongoing vaccination drive, Senator Cynthia Villar is upbeat that Las Piñas City can quickly achieve and can even be ahead of the government’s target of herd immunity before the year ends. “We are happy that soon, we would reach the herd immunity in Las Piñas due to our various initiatives […]

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TONDO TO HAVE 10-STORY SCHOOL BUILDING – MORENO

A new Rosauro Almario Elementary School will soon rise on Kagitingan Street in Tondo, Manila. The city allocated P1.9 billion for the construction of a 10-story building with 227 classrooms, 12 offices, a library on the second floor, an auditorium and a gymnasium on the 10th floor, two outdoor basketball courts with a retractable goal […]

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NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY SUB BILL GETS HOUSE PANEL OK

The House Committee on Energy chaired by Deputy Majority Leader and Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo approved the Substitute Bill to House Bill 3031, seeking to ordain the development of the Philippine downstream natural gas industry and consolidate for the purpose, all laws relating to the transmission, distribution, as well as supply of natural […]

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P220-M INFRA PROGRAM UNVEILED IN QC’S DISTRICT 2

Quezon City Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo and her husband Quezon City District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo have unveiled an infrastructure program worth P220-million in the city’s  2nd District. The program consists of the concreting of major roads, the improvement of drainage and canal systems, school buildings, multi-purpose halls, and similar projects. “Public works projects like roads, drainage […]

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POE TO DA: BOOST AGRI PRODUCTION TO EASE HUNGER

Senator Grace Poe called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to scale up local agricultural production and aim for a dynamic, high-growth sector to alleviate the hunger woes of millions of Filipinos. “Our people are hungry. There’s something disconcerting about the reality that this is happening in an agricultural country,” Poe said. “The number of […]