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Save the Children urges unhampered protection for children as Maguindanao conflict seen to intensify Format 12 Apr 2021 Save the Children Philippines has called for continuous and concerted response on the protection of children and their families who have been affected by the ongoing armed conflict in Maguindanao as local authorities and humanitarian actors expect prolonged struggle and further displacement in the region. More than 60,000 individuals have been displaced, including an estimated...

FEATURE THE glint of a crescent moon in Sunday’s twilight sky (or the eve of Monday in the Hijra calendar) will beckon the world’s more than a billion Muslims that the holy month of Ramadan has begun even as many Islamic scholars think the first day of the fast will most likely fall on Tuesday, […]

17 schools set up vaccination centers Christian Crow Maghanoy © Provided by The Manila Times Adapting to the new normal — CHED Chairman J. Prospero ‘Popoy’ de Vera 3rd is busier than ever to make sure that students and faculties of universities and colleges are well taken care of during the pandemic. COVER AND INSIDE PHOTO COURTESY OF CHED AT least 17 public and private higher education institutions (HEIs) on Thursday have signified interest with the Commission on Highe...

*Our Lady of Fatima University-Quezon City *De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute *Notre Dame Kidapawan College *Cotabato Medical Foundation CHED and ULAP said they are working together for “resiliency, rehabilitation, and national recovery” by jointly pursuing what they call “complementary and holistic strategies that would encourage collaboration” among LGUs and HEIs in their respective localities. CHED Chairman J. Prospero E. De Vera III and ULAP national president Gov. D...

OLFU-Quezon City Notre Dame Kidapawan College Cotabato Medical Foundation Responding to the call for a Whole of Nation Approach in the fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic, CHED and ULAP are partnering for “resiliency, rehabilitation, and national recovery” by jointly pursuing what they call “complementary and holistic strategies that would encourage collaboration” among LGUs and HEIs in their respective localities. This was done through the signing of the Statement of Bayanihan by CHED ...

THE Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) is recommending a yearly closure of Mount Apo. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Davao Regional Public Affairs Office (DENR-RPAO) Chief Jayvee Agas told SunStar Davao in a phone interview on Thursday, April 8, 2021, that this was one of the recommendations during a meeting on March 31. Agas said the board recommended that there will be a regular rehabilitation period of Mount Apo through a yearly three-month closure or “offset ...

(Photo from Ariel Fernandez) Col. Christian Melchor, chief of the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group-National Capital Region, said the passengers presented fake negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results purportedly from the Philippine Red Cross. Melchor identified the passengers as Miko Aski, 19; Nuraina Husbani, 28; Laila Sahang Muksan, 27; and Mariam Akmad, 24. All four are residents of Lower Bicutan in Taguig City. It w...

Published April 5, 2021, 11:21 AM COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police here are hunting down two “persons of interest” believed to be behind the Holy Thursday explosion near an old police outpost that killed one passerby and hurt two others. Police officers conduct a post-blast investigation at the blast site in Barangay Bagua Mother, Cotabato City on April 1, 2021, that killed one and injured two others. City police officials said they are currently zeroing in on two “persons of interest” be...

Published April 4, 2021, 11:16 AM When the entire K-9 unit  assigned to the North and South Harbor in Manila fell ill one after another in 2003, officials of the Philippine Coast Guard had to scramble to find an answer as to what caused the disease that affected their operational capability in two of the country’s busiest ports.  They were told about Famela Aspuria, who was then a resident faculty of the University of the Philippines-Diliman Campus. COAST GUARD’S VETERINARIAN — Meet Cap...

Conflict Alert 2020: Enduring wars Format Enduring wars hamper Bangsamoro’s conflict-to-peace transition An explosion of clan feuding and land related conflict in 2019 threatens to stall the momentum towards peace in the Bangsamoro region. This is according to Conflict Alert, a subnational conflict monitoring system focused on Mindanao in the Philippines, which launched its 2020 Bangsamoro conflict report. By close of 2019, the conflict monitoring system logged a total of 2,655 violent confli...