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MENTAL HEALTH A TOP PRIORITY IN QC, SAYS BELMONTE

Amidst recent reports of increasing numbers of students being diagnosed with mental health illnesses and those committing suicide, the Quezon City local government has boosted its efforts in creating programs to assist individuals seeking help and to curb the rise in cases.  Deped Assistant Secretary Dex Galvan earlier bared during the Senate hearing that during […]

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300 BULACAN FISHERMEN GET GILL NETS, ENGINES

Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando, through the Provincial Agriculture Office, distributed livelihood assistance to Bulakenyo fishermen during the distribution of gill nets and marine engines to fisherfolk held at the Bulacan Sports Complex in the City of Malolos. A total of 233 gill nets and 65 marine engines were distributed to 300 Bulakenyo fishermen from the […]

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LAGMAN TO FIX PROBLEMS IN ALBAY GOV’T HOSPITALS

Governor Edcel “Grex” Lagman will call a meeting with all the chiefs of hospitals in the province of Albay. This is after Lagman headed the visit to Cagraray District Hospital, Cagraray Island, Bacacay, Albay recently, unannounced, to check the situation of the government-run primary health centers and rural hospitals, healthcare workers, and patients in the […]

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DAVAO CITY OPENS 5th ‘LINGAP PARA SA MAHIRAP’

The City Government of Davao opened the Lingap Para sa Mahirap satellite office in Calinan District. It is the fifth satellite office of the Lingap program. The four others are located in Marilog, Toril, Bunawan, and Paquibato. Putting up satellite offices under the Lingap Para sa Mahirap program aims to decongest the Lingap main office […]

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BAGUIO CITY TO LAUNCH CLIMATE ACTION MURAL

Artists of the group Sin-Agi received assistance from personnel of the Baguio Fire Department and University of the Cordilleras police interns at the Baguio City Police Office – Station 5 in cleaning the 8 by 100 feet biking mobility Climate Action Wall along Legarda Road as the artist group readies for a February 1 opening. Sin-Agi […]

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BOOST SECURITY IN QC SCHOOLS – BELMONTE

Stricter security measures will be implemented in all Quezon City public learning institutions following the fatal stabbing of a junior high school student by his classmate at Culiat High School. Mayor Joy Belmonte issued this order during a consultative meeting with key officials of various city departments and stakeholders, including the Quezon City Police District […]

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ALECO FORMS TASK FORCE FOR ALBAY RIGHT-OF-WAY OPS

The administration of Albay Electric Cooperative Inc. (ALECO) created a task force to hasten the massive right-of-way clearing operation in Albay. During a meeting, ALECO Board President Dir. Eddie Gumba said that one of the leading causes of line outages is the vegetation and other obstruction elements along the routes of power distribution lines, which […]

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DAVAO CITY PWDS TO WATCH MOVIES FOR FREE

Persons with disability (PWDs) in Davao City can soon watch free movies in all cinemas in the city after the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed and approved an ordinance on the third and final reading. Committee on Games and Amusement chairperson Councilor Jessica Bonguyan, in an interview with the Davao City Information Office (CIO), said she expects the ordinance […]

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MORE NPA MEMBERS SURRENDER IN SAMAR

Some 13 members of the Communist Terrorist Group or NPA surrendered to the Samar Provincial Task Force ELCAC, and presented themselves to authorities at the Abanador Hall, 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army in Catbalogan City. Sometime in December of 2022, they decided to abandon the Bugsok Platoon of SRC Sesame of the Eastern Visayas Regional […]

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117 ANGELES CITY HOSPITAL WORKERS TO GET PAY HIKE

Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has ordered the salary raise of 117 Contract of Service employees at the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center beginning on Feb. 1, 2023. Among the employees to get the salary raise are the 4 Midwives who will receive a ₱6,000 raise each; 105 Nursing Attendants with a ₱2,000 […]