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Food, Health & Fitness

HELP ALLEVIATE HUNGER THROUGH GLOBE REWARDS, GCASH

The National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal are once again under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). For many marginalized families, this poses another challenge in making ends meet and increases the risk of widespread hunger.  Given this, Globe continues to encourage customers to join its initiatives to help address hunger among at-risk families […]

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Politics

ANGARA: DON’T TAX DONATED COVID-19 VACCINES

To help boost the supply of vaccines and other critical and essential supplies needed by the country in its fight against COVID-19, Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to exempt donations of these goods from donor’s tax. Now that the supply of COVID-19 vaccines is becoming widely available for purchase by the government […]

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Politics

PACQUIAO DONATES ANOTHER ROUND OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

“The fight is not yet over. We have to continue working together to defeat Covid-19. By helping each other, we survive together.” This said Senator Manny Pacquiao during the simple turnover rites of medical equipment and supplies that his Manny Pacquiao Foundation, with help from his personal friend and international billionaire Jack Ma, donated to […]

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Politics

QATAR DONATES P12M RELIEF ITEMS TO PRC – GORDON

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) recently received close to P12 million worth of food and non-food relief items, equipment, and rescue boats from the Qatar Red Crescent Society (RCS) for its relief and rehabilitation operations for the recent typhoons that devastated the country, such as Rolly and Ulysses. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chair and CEO, […]

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Politics

KOREA GIVES PRC P10M FOR TYPHOON VICTIMS – GORDON

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) was the recipient of an almost P10-million donation from Korea as humanitarian aid for families and communities affected by the typhoons that hit the country recently, such as Rolly and Ulysses. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, personally received a check for $200,000 from outgoing South Korean envoy to […]

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Politics

FARMERS DONATE UNSOLD VEGETABLES TO LA TRINIDAD, TO BE GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE – SALDA

Farmers and traders have donated millions of pesos worth of unsold assorted vegetables to the local government of La Trinidad, Benguet and given away to the public for free. Mayor Romeo Salda said farmers and traders donated the highly perishable goods because there were no buyers coming over to the trading post for transport to […]

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Government

ISRAEL DONATES LAPTOPS, COPIERS, PRINTERS TO DEPED FOR DISTANCE LEARNING – BRIONES

The Department of Education (DepEd) received learning equipment donated by  Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation – MASHAV to help with the Department’s continuous efforts to provide distance learning to Filipino students amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Chargé d’Affaires Yulia Rachinsky-Spivakov led the turnover ceremony of the learning equipment comprised of heavy-duty copiers, laptops, and […]

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Politics

GATCHALIAN FAMILY DONATES P2M-WORTH OF BASIC NEEDS, COMMODITIES TO CEBU CITY

As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, Senator Win Gatchalian said there should be no let-up in providing aid to those who need it most, especially in Cebu City which is now considered as the epicenter of the coronavirus disease in the country. The Gatchalian family donated more than P2 million in daily basic needs […]

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Politics

ANGARA TO VIRUS SURVIVORS: DONATE PLASMA, SAVE LIVES

Senator Sonny Angara is urging his fellow coronavirus disease (COVID-19) survivors to donate their blood plasma and help save the lives of Filipinos who are afflicted with the disease. As more patients are benefiting from convalescent plasma therapy or the infusion of blood plasma from an individual who recovered from COVID-19, Angara called on more […]

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Government

MMDA RECEIVES FERRY BOAT DONATION FROM PHILECO – LIM

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) received a ferry boat donation for its Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS). MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim signed a deed of donation with Reghis Romero II, chairman of the board, Philippine Ecological Systems Corporation (Phileco), during the official turn-over of the new ferry boat at the Guadalupe Station in Makati […]