The Sultanate of Oman is in need of 350 health care workers, particularly nurses, the Philippine Overseas Employment Office (POLO) reported. In a virtual forum late Friday afternoon, Labor Attaché Gregorio Abalos Jr. said the demand for Filipino workers in the health sector is due to the pandemic. “There were two hospitals who visited our POLO, requesting for 350 nurses,” Abalos said, noting that the Apollo hospital needs 150 nurses while the Sultan Kabul Cancer Care hospital has requested 200 Filipino nurses. He said they have told potential employers that Filipino medical workers are in demand. “They (employers) have to
A ninth-grade teacher in Iloilo province wants to make sure he will recognize all his 40 students even if face-to-face classes remain suspended once the new academic year begins on September 13. Jessie Comprendio, adviser of Grade 9-Blueberry of the Calinog National Comprehensive High School, placed photos of his learners on chairs. It was during the middle of August when he started to gather pictures of his students through their online group chat. He also asked for the parents’ consent for their children to submit their photos. “We are still on blended learning so while organizing the modules on their
Three Philippine tarsiers (Carlito syrichta) were rescued by the personnel of Protected Area Management Office of the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (PAMO-AMWS) in Barangay Katipunan, Loreto, Agusan del Sur on Friday. “We responded to a report about the discovery of three tarsiers near the settlement area in Barangay Katipunan,” the PAMO-AMWS said in a statement on Saturday. It added the tarsiers were found by the Bantay Danao volunteers and were immediately handed over to the barangay captain in the area. “After conducting assessments, there were no signs of injuries observed. The tarsiers were found fit to be released back to
The National Identification registration continues to accept children aged 5 years and up. In Malalag, Davao del Sur, the local government has included the young age bracket in its Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration schedule posted on Facebook on Friday. The registration centers are at the Malalag Central Elementary School, Bolton Elementary School, and the village gyms of Lapu-Lapu, Mabini, San Isidro, Kiblagon, Pitu, New Baclayon, and Rizal. Registrations are accepted from Mondays to Saturdays, including holidays. The municipal government also reminded that minor-age registrants should be accompanied by guardians. Face masks and shields and own ballpen are likewise required.
President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Senator Richard Gordon to open the financial records of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for thorough scrutiny by the Commission on Audit (COA). “Either you submit to an auditing procedure or we quarrel. ‘Pag mag-quarrel (If we quarrel), do your worse because I will do mine,” Duterte told Gordon, chair of PRC, in a pre-recorded Talk to the People delivered Friday night but aired Saturday morning. Duterte made the call, as he vented frustrations over the series of hearings by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee led by Gordon on the government’s procurement of medical supplies
The Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) continues to violate children’s rights as evidenced by the recent capture of three child soldiers in the Sept. 8 encounter in San Fernando, Bukidnon. The three minors were among the 10 captured NPA rebels during an armed encounter between soldiers of the 88th Infantry Battalion and more or less 20 guerrillas belonging to the Platoon 1 of Guerilla Front Malayag of the Sub Regional Committee 2 of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee in a forested area in Barangay Mabuhay. Maj. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., Army’s 4th Infantry
