MANILA : The Philippine National Police (PNP) Information Technology Management Service (ITMS) awarded Technology Computer Oriented Personnel (TECHNO COP) Badge to 41 personnel at Camp Crame, Quezon City. PNP Deputy Chief for Administration, Lt. Gen. Rhodel Sermonia presented the TECHNO COP Badge to qualified ITMS personnel on behalf of PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. as guest of honor and speaker. In his message on Tuesday, Azurin recognized the skills and competency acquired by IT cops as highly trained technical personnel with IT proficiencies promoting technology-driven projects of the PNP. “As the PNP gears towards digital transformation,
TACLOBAN CITY: Dengue fever has already claimed the lives of 17 people in Eastern Visayas while 6,097 patients were sent to hospitals during the first 11 months of the year, up by 685.77 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday. DOH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Exuperia Sabalberino said most of the cases this year were recorded in Southern Leyte due to the impacts of Typhoon Odette that battered the province in late 2021. “The increase is caused by the strong typhoon. Damaged houses and fallen trees become breeding sites
MANILA: Young Chinese and Filipinos found a new platform to deepen friendly exchanges in cross-culture, digital economy and energy through the Sino-Filipino “Generation Z” Intercultural Dialogue held online on Dec. 4. The dialogue was organized by the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU), with the support of China Energy Engineering Group Co. Ltd. and the medium huanqiu.com. Huang Xilian, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, sent a congratulatory letter to the organizers and participants, while Liu Yuhong, Vice President of the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Atty.
ISTANBUL: JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that record inflation may derail the United States economy and cause a recession in 2023. Dimon said American consumers have saved $1.5 trillion from stimulus programs during the coronavirus pandemic but they are now spending 10 percent compared to 2021 because of higher inflation. “Inflation is eroding everything I just said, and that trillion and a half dollars will run out sometime mid-year next year,” Dimon told US network CNBC’s Squawk Box. The 66-year-old veteran CEO said the US Federal Reserve’s
DAVAO CITY: Some 848 farmers engaged in high-value crops in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) will benefit from the PHP60 million farm-to-market road (FMR) project funded by the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11). In a statement Wednesday, Marc Adrian Baddongon, the DA-11 Regional Agricultural Engineering Division chief, said the project of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Davao Region (DPWH-11) is a 1.9-kilometer FMR connecting Sitio Sagrada to Barangay Poblacion in Kaputian District. Baddongon said the construction of FMRs in key areas is part of the government’s bid to promote food security
MANILA: The Zamboanga Del Sur provincial government on Wednesday said it is committed to sustain development programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) particularly its “Project Good Life”. “As the governor, of course, it is my job to assess the project when it was first presented to me. But seeing how concrete and sound their plan is, and also considering the urgency of the need to address insurgency, I immediately gave my full confidence and support to ‘Project Good Life,’” Governor Victor Yu said following a courtesy call of NTF-ELCAC director for stakeholders
