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BONG GO BATS FOR AWARENESS ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

Senator Bong Go, member of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities, joined the nation in celebrating October as National Indigenous Peoples’ Month, underscoring the importance of raising awareness and supporting the rights and welfare of the country’s Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) or Indigenous Peoples (IPs). The observance, which is celebrated annually in October, aims to […]

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PADILLA TO MEDIA: HELP PREPARE PUBLIC FOR CONFLICT

The media has a major role in helping the government prepare the public to cope with possible conflict. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this after chairing a consultative meeting on the role of media in disseminating public information during times of conflict. Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, also disclosed […]

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DTI, WOMENBIZPH SIGN PACT ON FTA AWARENESS

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Women’s Business Council Philippines, Inc. (WomenBizPh) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote awareness on the benefits of free trade agreements (FTAs), such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement, with the end view of increasing the country’s utilization of these preferential arrangements.  DTI […]

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PUBLIC AWARENESS ON BAMBOO VALUE URGED

National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos has urged bamboo advocates in the country to raise public awareness on the value of the world’s tallest grass. During the first Leyte Bamboo Summit, Carlos, the Bamboo Warriors Philippines chairperson emeritus, said she hopes to see more bamboo summits in different parts of the country. “We want people to […]