COTABATO CITY: The Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) on Friday urged residents in flooded areas to boil drinking and cooking water after samples tested positive for E. coli (Escherichia coli) bacteria. Dr. Kadil Sinolinding Jr., minister of the MOH-BARMM, said the bacteria were found in laboratory tests of … Read more
MANILA: The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality chaired by Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros is set to continue its investigation on Philippine Offshore and Gaming Operations (POGOs) even after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared a total POGO ban in the country during his recent State of the Nation … Read more
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the opening of classes in public schools will push through as planned but the decision to postpone for areas hit-hard by Super Typhoon Carina would depend on school authorities. In a chance interview during his site visit in the storm-stricken Rizal on Friday, Marcos instructed the Department of … Read more
BACOLOD CITY: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Western Visayas (Region 6) has tapped 17 retailers to supply food products to beneficiary households of the Walang Gutom: Food Stamp Program in two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental. As of Friday, there are seven accredited retailers in E.B. Magalona town and 11 others … Read more
MANILA: The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the establishment of an expanded career progression (ECP) system for public school teachers have been signed on Friday. The ECP system defines two distinct career paths for teachers to pursue: the Classroom Teaching (CT) Career Line or School Administration (SA) Career Line, without prejudice to a teacher’s … Read more
PARIS: The world’s top tennis players got to know their opponents in the opening round of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games here on Thursday. In the men’s singles, 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic will face Australian Matthew Ebden and is possible to meet in the second round his old rival Rafael Nadal, the Beijing … Read more