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While Senator Win Gatchalian seeks to make the internet accessible to the country’s learners, he also pressed the importance of making it a safe space for all Filipino children. The 2020 study “Philippine Kids Online” backed by the United Nations Children’s Fund showed that on average, the age at which children first go online is […]
Ilagan City in Isabela province will soon fabricate the Department of Science Technology (DOST)-developed Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT), and use this as an alternative mode of transportation.In a virtual signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU), DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said it was Ilagan City Mayor Josemarie Diaz who expressed interest to […]
Registered dentists and licensed medical technologists may soon be allowed to serve as vaccinators against COVID-19 as a measure proposing such hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. During its online hearing, the House Committee on Health approved House Bill 9354, which seeks to add dentists and medical technologists as vaccinators to help in […]
In response to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s directive to intensify the campaign against corruption, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Union of Local Government Authorities (ULAP) have joined forces to establish the Provincial Anti-Corruption Committees. According to ULAP President and Quirino Governor Dax Cua, they are supporting the PACC in its pursuit to substantially […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has tested 3,749,152 for COVID-19, which is 21.80 percent of the country’s total testing numbers, making PRC the country’s leading agency when it comes to COVID-19 testing. “Even with the ECQ [enhanced community quarantine], this August, Red Cross has been testing 8,530 a day,” PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Dick […]
Senator Win Gatchalian called on the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to further intensify the campaign among local government units (LGUs) on the use of StaySafe.PH application to establish a unified contact tracing system in the country. “Sa totoo lang, kulang pa rin ang contact tracing. Ilang LGUs pa lang ang gumagamit […]
Senator Grace Poe urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to give micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) a good lead time to inform them of an impending lockdown to allow them to prepare and avoid further losses. “Business owners are not really aware that there’s going to be a lockdown the following day until the […]
The municipality of Remedios T. Romualdez (RTR) in Agusan del Norte is hoping that the infrastructure projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program will help ease the presence of armed conflict in some of its beneficiary villages. In a Network Briefing News interview, Mayor Richard Daquipil said the projects helped them augment their resources in […]
The House of Representatives will bestow the Congressional Medal of Distinction on boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for winning two silver medals and a bronze for the Philippines in the recently concluded Tokyo Summer Olympics.Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Majority Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano have filed House […]
Amid reports that children are susceptible to the Delta variant of COVID-19, a group of educators has backed the government’s plan to start COVID-19 vaccination for minors aged 12 to 17 by the end of September. “We support starting the vaccination of children against COVID-19 as soon as possible, because we believe vaccination will be […]