Day: August 2, 2024

CEBU CITY: The Federation of Cebu Transport Cooperatives urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to save the modernization program of the public transport system. The FCTC wrote the President on Aug. 1, expressing its opposition to Senate Resolution No.1096 which seeks to suspend and review the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP). Ellen Maghanoy, chairperson of FCTC, said on Friday that transport players in the province are hoping Marcos will reject the resolution and go ahead with the PTMP. The federation defended the program that ‘intends to replace old and dilapidated jeepneys with new, safer, more environmentally friendly vehicles equipped with

MANILA: The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Friday said it is working with the private sector, the academe and other government agencies in setting up a TVET (technical and vocational education and training) Industry Board to boost training and employability of graduates. TESDA Deputy Director General Nelly Nita Dillera said creating a TVET Industry Board would address skills mismatch. Dillera said they are looking at growth sectors such as construction, agriculture, tourism, health services, information and communications technology, and manufacturing. “We are looking at the health sector. PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) is already known as far as

MANILA: The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) and the University of the Philippines (UP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the former to establish its office inside the UP Diliman campus. PCC Chairperson Michael Aguinaldo and UP President lawyer Angelo Jimenez led the signing ceremony on July 30, 2024 at UP Diliman. ‘Throughout the years, UP has remained at the forefront of both academic excellence and public service. It is PCC’s honor to be associated with the state university and to join other distinguished institutions on campus that have established themselves as significant contributors to nation-building,’ Aguinaldo said in

MANILA: The Canadian government is hoping for the swift conclusion of talks on the possible Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SoVFA) with the Philippines, its top diplomat in Manila said Friday. Aboard the HMCS Montreal, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Hartman said the two nations have exchanged texts and drafts of the defense pact. ‘We’re much more optimistic that we will be able to conclude far more quickly, and we really are hoping to advance in the coming months,’ he said in a press conference. ‘The reality is, we’ve already exchanged text drafts, frankly, what we would want to

BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) on Friday linked farmers with buyers to help dispose of and sell more than two tons of cabbages unsold at the different trading posts in La Trinidad, Benguet. ‘There are about one ton being delivered to the different government offices based in Baguio after they placed (an) order on the call of our director to help the farmers by buying their unsold produce,’ said Aida Pagtan, chief of the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service (RAFIS) in a message to the Philippine News Agency. She said as of