Pastrana News – At least 300 farmers belonging to various farmers and irrigators associations have come together to hold their first general congress in this municipality. Led by the humanitarian aid organization ONEVisayas, the farmer’s…
First Law On Mental Health Likely To Be…
STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE RON P. SALO, KABAYAN Party-list Assistant Majority Leader, 09178917755 /kabayanpartylist/ @Kabayan_Ron Assistant Majority Leader and House Committee on Health Member Ron P. Salo files House Bill 1040 or the Philippine Mental Health Law. HB…
Family planning to curb maternal mortality rate –…
MANILA –– Explaining some benefits of president–elect Rodrigo Duterte’s proposed three-child policy, Philippine Health Secretary Janette Loreto Garin said that proper planning will not only help stem the country’s over–population. Secretary Garin who authored the…
Smoking in public now a no-go in Catbalogan…
Catbalogan City News – After the example of the City of Maasin in Southern Leyte, the government of the City of Catbalogan in Samar has banned smoking in public within the city limits. The City…
DOH brings TB awareness caravan to the regions
IN CELEBRATION OF LUNG MONTH DOH brings TB awareness caravan to the regions Joan, 35, of Caloocan City had been coughing for more than a month and had lost appetite over the days – but…
Calbayog News – PICE Calbayog chapter joins Barangayan…
Calbayog News - Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers-Calbayog Chapter (PICE) collaborates in one of the summer programs of the Municipality of Sta. Margarita Barangayan Caravan 2015 with the theme "Hingyap nga Serbisyo… Madaop, Madagmit ngan…
Philippine News – Philippine ‘super rice’ to be…
PHILIPPINE NEWS, MANILA – Here is good news for those in the rice farming industry, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to distribute seeds of a newly-approved hybrid rice breed called ‘Green Super…
Philippine News – Calls for better child protection…
PHILIPPINE NEWS, MANILA - World Vision Development Foundation - Philippines is calling on Congress to urgently pass the Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act after tropical storm Seniang (Jangmi) killed 21 children during the past…
Philippine News – One year on, a child…
PHILIPPINE NEWS, MANILA – Children who survived Typhoon Yolanda, a year ago this November 8th have spoken to leading child rights organization Save the Children and highlighted that their plight is far from over. Despite…