Day: July 29, 2024

MANILA: Tourist first aid facilities and booths will soon rise in several major beach destinations, Department of Tourism (DOT) said Monday. The DOT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Health and the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) on the establishment of tourism first aid facilities in Boracay, La Union, Panglao in Bohol, Siargao, Palawan and Puerto Galera where there is lack of accessible healthcare. “The tourist first aid facilities shall serve as the emergency response mechanism for any tourist who may encounter accidents or injuries while they are at our islands. This shall be

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Universal Robina Corp. (URC) signed on Monday a five-year agreement to jointly establish and continue implementing the Sustainable Potato Program (SPP). In a statement, the DA said the program will help establish reliable seeds systems, capacitate potato farmers organizations and boost farm productivity and farmers’ income in top potato-producing regions. It said URC joined the SPP prior to the pandemic and has distributed around 506 metric tons of high-quality potato seeds to 14 farmer organizations in three regions. These were planted in 202 hectares and yielded a maximum of 45 metric tons of

MANILA: Holiday Factory, the leading tour operator in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched its services for affordable tour packages in the Philippines. On the sidelines of the Holiday Factory launch in Pasig City Monday, its business development director for international markets Hakan Bakar told the Philippine News Agency that the Philippines is the first country in Southeast Asia where it offered its budget-friendly holiday trip packages. ‘We are in Dubai, we are in Georgia, and this is the first one here in Southeast Asia,’ Bakar said. He said the company has opened its customer care center in Cebu

LAOAG CITY: Ilocos Norte province has hit nearly 90 percent of its 88,000 enrollment target for the school year 2024-2025, with about 78,720 students already enrolled in both the public and private schools as of 4 p.m. Monday. ‘All 364 schools started classes smoothly today with no major problems encountered so far,’ Valerie Gabriana Talamayan, information officer designate of the Schools Division of Ilocos Norte told Philippine News Agency while monitoring the opening of classes in various schools in the province. In a video message, Donato Balderas Jr., Ilocos Norte schools division superintendent, congratulated everyone for the successful opening of

MANILA: The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday said its order for foreign Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) workers to leave has no exemptions, even for those who already have families and children in the Philippines. ‘As of now, we do not have room for any adjustments in the procedure. They would have to leave the country,’ BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said in a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing. Sandoval added that foreign workers cannot change the status of their stay for them to remain in the country. ‘This is the limitation of their stay here. Since (the operations of their