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The Federal Government has disbursed N900 million in Borno to mitigate COVID-19 impact under the country’s Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus NG-CARES programme. The Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clem Agba disclosed this during the Ministerial Town Hall Meeting for stakeholders in Borno and Yobe in Maiduguri. Agba who was

USAID has deployed a disaster response team to Sudan to coordinate humanitarian aid as fighting rocks the country. The team will work with partners to identify priority needs and safely deliver assistance to millions of Sudanese in need. The United States is mobilizing to ramp up assistance to the people of Sudan ensnared between the warring factions.

Slashing funding to the programme from a promised £7m to just £1m sends a ‘stark message to the world’, says Save the Children

CONFLICT-AFFECTED VILLAGES. The Negros Oriental Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict has identified seven new barangays in the province to be listed as priority areas for the whole-of-nation approach to ending the insurgency. A series of Dagyawan sa Barangay/Serbisyo Caravan will be held in these villages starting next month. (Photo courtesy of PIA-Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Negros Oriental Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NOTF-ELCAC) will resume holding t...

Approximately one million people from the Rohingya community escaping violence in Myanmar arrived in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh in August 2017.

LIC WhatsApp Service Registration: Policyholders who have registered their policies on the LIC portal will be make use of these services on WhatsApp by saying ‘Hi’ on Mobile No. 8976862090. -- aaa

LIC WhatsApp: More than 11 services will now be available to LIC policyholders directly on WhatsApp.

Garcia urges LGUs to complete route plan before deadline

You walk into a local chain drugstore to buy shampoo and notice that the in-store health clinic is offering flu shots, and there’s no wait. You’re overdue for that vaccination,

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