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April 25, 2024
Survey finds full-time MBA graduates in North America benefit the most from salary bump while Asia Pacific graduates record the biggest increase in rating of the overall value of degrees RESTON, Va., Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Despite market fear of an imminent recession, 86 percent of 2022 business school graduates were employed at […]
The mayor of the northern municipality of Laua-an in Antique province has asked residents in a landslide-affected sitio (hamlet) to evacuate due to the danger of another soil erosion due to recurring rains. Mayor Aser Baladjay said on Wednesday that when they visited Sitio Sadsadan in Barangay Maybunga together with personnel from the Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) on Tuesday, they found out that the ongoing landslide has already affected almost 2.7 hectares of sloping area. “The landslide was first
Some 23,937 indigent students in the Ilocos region have received educational assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as of Sept. 10. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the DSWD said it has released PHP55.8 million in aid to the students. The latest distribution was held on Sept. 10, with 1,549 additional recipients in Ilocos Norte, 653 in Ilocos Sur, 49 in La Union, and 3,650 in Pangasinan. Based on data, the DSWD has disbursed 44.56 percent of the PHP100.6 million funds allocated for educational aid in the region. The assistance was provided
The death of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has ignited debate in Australia over the future of the monarchy in the country. Right after Elizabeth’s demise, Indigenous Australian newsreader Narelda Jacobs sparked a heated debate on social media after she called for the British monarchy to apologize for its colonization of First Nations people. While Jacobs’ remarks were supported by some Australians, her request was met with backlash from some Britons. She received many congratulations on social media, but some argued that complaining about colonialism is a “waste of time” because the issue is no
Over PHP400 million worth of illegal drugs were seized from two Chinese drug suspects in a buy-bust operation along North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) in Mexico town, this province on Wednesday afternoon. Brig. Gen. Cesar R. Pasiwen, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3), said joint operatives of the Special Operation Unit-National Capitol Region (SOU-NCR) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Group, together with the Pampanga Police Provincial Office and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, conducted the anti-illegal operations at Lakeshore which resulted in the arrest of Wenjie Chen, alias Harry, 47, a resident of Barangay San Antonio, Gerona, Tarlac,
The city government has confiscated uninspected frozen meat weighing a total of 271.93 kilograms at the Uptown Market here on Tuesday. This was the result of the joint routine operation conducted by meat inspectors from the City Veterinary Office, in partnership with the Public Order and Safety Office and the City Meat Inspection Office to ensure that meat being sold at the market is safe for consumption. Mayor Cristy Angeles said on Wednesday they want to ensure public health and safety by not allowing the selling of “botcha”, or double dead meat, at the market. “Sa kabila
