The European Union (EU) sees possibilities for collaboration projects related to climate change and waste management in small towns in the Philippines, including the Cordillera region, in the next seven years. EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron, in a media interview on Friday, said they are into projects, “particularly around circular economy in the management of waste, which is very important.” The United Nations defines a circular economy as a model in which products and materials are designed in such a way that they can be reused, remanufactured, recycled, or recovered and thus maintained in the economy for as

_:The City Health Office here has recorded 1,795 breakthrough infections since the vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) started in March. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said in a virtual presser Friday night they represent some 0.4 percent of the 401,694 individuals who either received their first or second dose of Covid-19 vaccines. Breakthrough infection is described as someone found with SARS-CoV-2 in their system 14 days after completing their single-or two-dose Covid-19 vaccine. “These are persons who have been vaccinated partially and those who are fully vaccinated who were infected with Covid-19,” she said. In an

The Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) sees full completion nationwide before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte ends in 2022, an executive said. Romeo Vera Cruz, Executive Director of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), in a press conference Friday afternoon, said there are just a few services in some areas which have yet to be done to fully automate the services of the agency in the country. He said the LTMS will provide clients ease in transacting with the agency as well as make systems easier and accessible to allow the full enforcement of the land transportation laws in the

Local government units (LGUs) nationwide will roll out pediatric vaccination beginning October 29, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19, said on Friday. Following the pilot in the National Capital Region (NCR) on October 15 and 22 for the 12-17 age group with comorbidities, Galvez said provinces will also be included next week. “In the next few days, we are expecting to have an increase in our vaccination considering that we will be having a rollout of the children’s vaccination in all LGUs,” Galvez said in an interview during the arrival of

The municipal government sees an end to the flooding problem that besets the strawberry farm here, with the completion of a PHP60 million drainage project. Mayor Romeo Salda, in a phone interview on Friday, said according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the project would be completed before the end of the second quarter in 2022. The project involves the installation of 200 meters of pipes that will drain the water from the strawberry farm, locally known as “swamp”, which has become a persistent problem every rainy season. Salda said the project was a result of a