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(File photo) MANILA - Some 9,000 jobseekers participated in the three-day initial leg of the "Trabaho, Turismo, Asenso" job fair of the government which was held in three areas in the country last week. In a statement Tuesday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported that a total of 407 applicants were able to secure immediate employment, while 8,376 others were considered as near-hires. During the event held from Sept. 22 to 23 in the National Capital Region (NCR), Centr...

DILGSecretary Eduardo Ano (File photo) MANILA - Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano confirmed on Tuesday that he has contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) for the third time. Ano's test results were released on Monday after many of his close contacts also tested positive for the virus. "Thankfully, I remain asymptomatic as of now. I will continue to work while isolating. I encourage everyone to get vaccinated and booster-ed as soon as possible, and to continue following health p...

(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to see a spike in coronavirus infections among its ranks. In its Covid-19 bulletin released Monday, the PNP Health Service said 436 new cases raised the active case tally to 1,884 out of a total of 43,603 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic. "Thankfully, many of the Covid cases among our police personnel developed mild symptoms, which will only need home or facility isolation," PNP Chief Gen. Dionardo Carl...

COVID-19 UPDATES. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano updates President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting with core members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malacanan Palace on Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022). Ano urged people with mild symptoms of Covid-19 to avail of home quarantine and treatment so hospitals could focus on treating severe and critical cases. (Presidential photo) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG...

COVID-19 UPDATES. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano updates President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting with core members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malacanan Palace on Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022). Ano urged people with mild symptoms of Covid-19 to avail of home quarantine and treatment so hospitals could focus on treating severe and critical cases. (Presidential photo) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG...

(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday reported 295 new coronavirus infections among its personnel. In its latest Covid-19 bulletin, the PNP Health Service said Thursday's infections are nearly triple from Wednesday's 100 new cases. This brought the active case count to 552, more than double from Wednesday's 262. Three new recoveries, meanwhile, raised the total count to 41,968 out of a total of 42,645 confirmed cases. The death toll remains at 125. PN...

Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas chief pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche. (Screengrab from OPAV video) CEBU CITY - A Department of Health (DOH) official in Region 7 (Central Visayas) on Thursday said more people have showed up and received their first dose during the National Vaccination Days from November 29 to December 1, including those who have not received any coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine since the start of the national rollout in March. In a presser, DOH-7 chief pa...

Hydrant. if there is a fire, an emergency, they know where the fire hydrant is. its down there under about six feet of snow. you can see how high the snow is. i can get up to the top of this sign. these communities in the catskills have been digging out. fortunately, the worst is over with. now we wait for the big meltdown and hopefully it doesnt come too fast and we have problems with flooding or river flooding. >> about the biggest problems right now would be putting together a good snowman. m...

People to stay off the roads. at least 82 people have been killed. the death toll is expected to rise as they get out into the rural areas in the surrounding region and find out what damage assessments are being done there. there are reports of a tsunami rolling across the pacific. hawaii is bracing for that right now. people waking up in hawaii about 45 minutes will awaken to the sound of tsunami warning sirens. that will happen about 45 minutes from now. we are getting word from the white hous...

There in chile as structural engineer, whether you were there for business or pleasure, are there building codes similar to those we have here in the united states? or given they survived that 9.5 quake and went on to rebuild, are they better codes there than we have here? >> the engineering community worldwide collaborates on these issues. their building codes are, for modern construction, i would consider on par with modern provisions. i think the issue will be with structures that predate mod...