Six First Place Winners Selected from Thousands of Global Photo Submissions Surrounding 2022 Theme Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean New York, New York, June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The winners of the ninth annual United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Competition were announced today during the United Nations World Oceans Day (UNWOD) 2022 […]
Roseau, June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Commonwealth of Dominica, a small island nation in the Caribbean, is not leaving its fate up to chance as they face the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which is predicted to be particularly stormy this year. While Dominica cannot prevent hurricanes, they are doing all it can to […]
Health authorities in Negros Oriental have to double their efforts in the vaccination rollout against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to enable the province to downgrade to Alert Level 1. Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion on Monday said she has asked the city and municipal health officers and rural health units to increase their target so they can achieve a higher vaccination rate amid an adjustment in the province’s target population for vaccination. “With the current adjustment of the target population, our accomplishment in the past weeks of more than 60 percent has now gone down, and
A total of 11 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels operating under the Bicol Regional Party Committee (BRPC) voluntarily surrendered on Wednesday and were received by the Area Police Command-Southern Luzon (APC-SL) in Camp Guillermo Nakar, Lucena City. In a report, Maj. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) spokesperson, said the surrender was witnessed by Brig. Gen. Jonnel Estomo, APC-SL deputy commander and Maj. Gen. Rhoderick Armamento, APC-SL acting commender, during a short program held at APC-SL headquarters. “They (rebels) also surrendered the firearms, ammunition, and assorted war materials that were in their possession,” the report said.
The 41 individuals who arrived in Cebu and Bohol from Metro Manila after availing of the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa” Program (BP2P) are now undergoing reintegration in their respective communities, a social welfare official said on Wednesday. Rebecca Geamala, DSWD-7 regional director, said these individuals availed of the program that aims to decongest urban poor communities by sending families back to their home provinces. They arrived in Cebu and Bohol on Tuesday last week, she said. She said after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, vulnerable families are still not able to cope with the ill effects
Localized peace talks are much more effective in persuading the recruits of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to return to the fold of the law, a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) official said. “Ang localized peace talks, doon tayo kasi ang kinakausap natin dito ay ang ating mga kababayan na naloko ng CPP-NPA-NDF – ito iyong mga farmers, mga Indigenous Peoples (Through localized peace talks, we were able to talk to our countrymen – these are farmers, Indigenous Peoples who were duped by the CPP-NPA-NDF,)” NTF ELCAC
