Decommissioned combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have completed a skills development training through the government’s whole-of-nation livelihood interventions. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), in a social media post on Saturday, said the 331 beneficiaries included the combatants’ wives, children, and grandchildren. At Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, beneficiary graduates were awarded training certificates on Dressmaking NC II, Bread and Pastry Production NC II and Bread Making, Organic Concoctions, and Extracts Production, after completion of livelihood courses offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), through its Technical-Vocational Education and
Region IV (Southern Tagalog) will have the highest number of examinees among the 75,540 who are registered for the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) in 77 testing centers on Sunday. There will be 10,884 from Region IV, followed by 10,392 from Region VI (Western Visayas), and 7,924 examinees from Region XI (Davao Region). The CSE-Professional test will be taken by 61,075 examinees, or about 81 percent of the total number, while the rest will take the Subprofessional level. Examinees and CSC staff will no longer be required to wear face shields but masks should
The Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) is replacing its old distribution pipes within the city proper to resolve water losses. The project, dubbed Mainline Replacement Program Phase 1, will cover the five downtown villages of Barangays Zone 1, 2, 3, 4, and Camino Nuevo. James Cesar Makasiar, ZCWD Board chairperson, said Saturday the project will cost PHP20 million representing 25 percent of the PHP80-million grant from the city government. The grant to rehabilitate the mainlines downtown came from the city’s supplemental budget. “As the city has grown in leaps and bounds, ZCWD has deemed it necessary to condemn and replace
The Department of Trade and Industry in Negros Oriental has handed livelihood kits of more than PHP12-million to fire and typhoon victims in the province through its Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (DTI-PPG) program. DTI-Negros Oriental provincial director Nimfa Virtucio told the Philippine News Agency on Saturday that her office has been giving out these kits in the past weeks, with the latest beneficiaries getting the “business kits” on Friday. The eight beneficiaries were victims of recent fires in Barangays Looc and Cadawinon in this capital city and Barangay Palinpinon in nearby Valencia town. They each got PHP8,000 in financial
The US won’t go to war with Russia in Ukraine but will defend NATO territory, if necessary, US President Joe Biden said in a speech about Ukraine at the White House on Friday. “We will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine,” he said. “Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III – something we must strive to prevent.” “We are going to continue to stand together with our allies in Europe and send an unmistakable message: We’ll defend every single inch of NATO territory with the full might of united and galvanized NATO,” Biden said. He
In 2020, Alfredo Angcop used a hectare of his farmland to venture into planting mulberries in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Months later, he started rearing silkworms. In his town, there are 20 of them who are engaged in sericulture, but it was not easy for starters like him. “You need to plant mulberries and grow them for at least seven months, after that you get those (silkworm) larvae,” he said in the vernacular during an interview Friday. Angcop said feeding the silkworm larvae need attention and close monitoring, a routine he had to adjust to for months, not like the other
