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SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM. Representatives from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Education (DepEd) in the Cordillera Autonomous Region and Regions 1 to 3 convene in separate groups to discuss current concerns and issues related to the implementation of the government’s School Building Program in an …

DENR Photo The Verde Island Passage (VIP), a globally recognized area of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity, must be declared as protected area by law, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga and governors of the five provinces said. The decision to make the call …

The Department of Health main office in Manila. (PNA file photo) MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) offered 819 job vacancies in its different hospitals across the country during a job fair to mark National Health Workers’ Day on Monday. “Meron ho tayong (We have) 291 applications that we were able to …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told his country’s Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square that “a real war” has been unleashed against Russia by the West’s “untamed ambitions,” shortly after the Kremlin’s forces rained cruise missiles on Ukrainian targets.  Russia also unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles, but …

China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it will expel a diplomat in Canada’s Shanghai consulate as a reciprocal countermeasure, according to a statement on its website.  Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai, must leave by May 13. China on Tuesday expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai in …

DIVERSITY American Airlines planes are parked at their Miami International Airport terminal gates on May 2, 2023, in Miami, Florida. The US airline industry sees the need for diversity in its pool of pilots. AFP PHOTO NEW YORK: Airlines and unions disagree on many aspects relating to today’s tight labor …

AVERTING DISASTER Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies on April 20, 2023, in Washington. Yellen said Sunday, May 7, that there are ‘no good options’ for the United States to avoid an economic ‘calamity’ if Congress fails to raise the nation’s …

Carlos Yulo PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Filipino Olympic gymnast Carlos Yulo could not defend still rings title on Tuesday, May 9 at the National Olympic Stadium’s Marquee Tent in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. Yulo scored 14.000 points to finish second behind new champ in Vietnamese Van …

The Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA) is the first museum in the Visayas and Mindanao dedicated to modern art A museum in Iloilo is so popular among students that whenever classes are suspended, the staff must brace for an instant mob. Located within the Megaworld complex in Mandurriao, Iloilo …

Alberta energy companies have temporarily shut in productions in areas affected by the ongoing wildfires.  Workers relocated and operations halted in parts of province. Some oil and gas producers in Alberta are temporarily shutting in production as wildfires rage across the energy-producing province. With more than 100 active fires burning …