New York: Humanitarians reached 5.4 million people in Ukraine with desperately needed aid by April this year, including cash assistance, food, health services, and medicines, the UN said on Friday.
ASSISTANCE. Hog raisers in Ilocos Norte receive recovery aid from the provincial government in this undated photo. Over PHP5 million were allotted to assist them. (Photo courtesy of the province of Ilocos Norte) LAOAG CITY - At least 230 hog raisers from Ilocos Norte province who were previously hit by the African swine fever (ASF) have received recovery aid courtesy of the provincial government. Provincial veterinarian Loida Valenzuela confirmed this on Thursday, saying that the beneficiaries included those not covered by insurance packages from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation. "The latest beneficiaries were from Laoag City, Batac City, Banna, Solsona, San Nicolas, Paoay, Marcos and Vintar," said Valenzuela, adding that this is now the fourth batch of distribution of recovery aid to hog raisers. The hog raisers received cash ranging from PHP5,000 to PHP100,000 depending on the number of hogs affected with others also getting food packs and vegetable seeds. Apart fr
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Administrative Building. (BARMM Facebook) COTABATO CITY - The Bangsamoro Board of Investments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BBOI-BARMM) on Friday announced the registration approval of two new investments in the region worth PHP408 million. In a statement, Ishak Mastura, BBOI-BARMM chair, identified the new investments as the 2,000-hectare industrial corn plantation of the Lanao del Sur Corn Development Corp. (LDSCDC), and the Halal certification project of the Prime Certification and Inspection Asia Pacific, Inc. or PRIME Certification. "With the peace and order situation immensely improving, and political stability gaining ground in the region, it is the best time to invest in the BARMM," Mastura, a lawyer, said. Regarding the LDSCDC investment, he said the corn plantation would rise in Wao and Amai Manabiling towns in Lanao del Sur. As for PRIME's Halal certification project, Mastura said the und
ABANDONING NPA. The 186 supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) during a mass surrender in Carigara, Leyte on Friday (Nov. 26, 2021). These surrenderers are from the town's 10 villages.(PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) CARIGARA, Leyte- A total of 186 supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) from 10 villages of Carigara, Leyte surrendered to government authorities on Friday. Among the surrenderers is 24-year-old Jonnel Anos, the lone NPA fighter among those who yielded. Traumatized by clashes with soldiers in the outskirts of Hilongos, Leyte, and sleepless nights and hunger, Anos decided to return to his family in December 2018. "We were told that the fight is for the welfare of the poor, but I realized that it's all about their propaganda," said Anos, of Canlampay village here. The NPA persuaded him to join as a combatant when he was 20 years old in 2017. The ceremony for the surrender of Anos and 185 NPA mass base supporters at the town gymnasium was witnesse
ABANDONING NPA. The 186 supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) during a mass surrender in Carigara, Leyte on Friday (Nov. 26, 2021). These surrenderers are from the town's 10 villages.(PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) CARIGARA, Leyte- A total of 186 supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) from 10 villages of Carigara, Leyte surrendered to government authorities on Friday. Among the surrenderers is 24-year-old Jonnel Anos, the lone NPA fighter among those who yielded. Traumatized by clashes with soldiers in the outskirts of Hilongos, Leyte, and sleepless nights and hunger, Anos decided to return to his family in December 2018. "We were told that the fight is for the welfare of the poor, but I realized that it's all about their propaganda," said Anos, of Canlampay village here. The NPA persuaded him to join as a combatant when he was 20 years old in 2017. The ceremony for the surrender of Anos and 185 NPA mass base supporters at the town gymnasium was witnesse