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ORIENTATION. Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Ilocos regional office holds an orientation with potential new beneficiaries under Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program last week. Some 56,750 were identified as potential beneficiaries in the region.(Photo courtesy of DSWD Ilocos regional office) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has identified some 56,750 indigent households as potential beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pi...

EAGER TO LEARN. Rizalde Bisalona, 30, from Glan, Sarangani, inspired netizens after enrolling as a Grade 1 student Tamala Elementary School for the school year 2022-2023. An online video post on Bisalona being interviewed by his teacher on Sept. 2, 2022 has gathered more than five million views to date. (Screengrab from Anne Patigayon - Department of Education Sarangani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A 30-year-old man from Glan, Sarangani, has inspired netizens after enrolling as a Grade 1 student in th...

OMICRON CASE. South Cotabato Provincial Health Officer Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr. confirms on Tuesday (Jan. 18, 2022) that a 15-year-old boy from Polomolok town tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but noted that the asymptomatic patient has recovered. He said the patient has no travel history outside South Cotabato 14 days before undergoing the Covid-19 test on Dec. 2, 2021. (Photo Courtesy of South Cotabato PIO) KORONADAL CITY - The province of Sout...

AVAILING OF COVID VACCINE. Residents of San Remigio gather at the municipal gym on Dec. 1, 2021 to get their shots against Covid-19. Sheree Vego, Integrated Provincial Health Office Infectious Diseases Cluster Head, said on Thursday (December 2) that 50,464 people in the province availed of the shots during the three-day vaccination drive.(Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has recorded 50,464 vaccine recipients fro...