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(Photo courtesy of Canada Embassy in Manila) MANILA - The Canadian government is donating 837,000 respirator face masks valued at PHP136 million to the Department of Health (DOH) in support of health care workers who lead the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, Peter MacArthur, handed over the first tranche of 442,000 masks at the DOH headquarters in Manila. In September 2020, Canada also turned over 120,000 N95 masks to the DOH. "Cana...

(Photo courtesy of Canadian Embassy in Manila) MANILA - The Canadian government is donating 837,000 respirator face masks valued at PHP136 million to the Department of Health (DOH) in support of health care workers who lead the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines, Peter MacArthur, handed over the first tranche of 442,000 masks at the DOH headquarters in Manila. In September 2020, Canada also turned over 120,000 N95 masks to the DOH. "Ca...

(Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan's Ministry of Advanced Education) MANILA - Canada's province of Saskatchewan and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) signed on Thursday a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would create more opportunities for academic exchanges. The Canadian Embassy in Manila said the MOU seeks to strengthen ties between the post-secondary institutions in the Philippines and Saskatchewan by creating opportunities for research collaboration and mobility f...

Canada is donating P120-million as assistance to the Philippines to help typhoon-hit communities recover from the devastation of typhoon Odette. Aftermath of typhoon Odette in Dinagat Islands (Photo courtesy of the OVP) In a statement, the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines detailed the assist

MANILA - The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines on Thursday announced that three non-government organizations (NGOs) will receive a total of CAD3 million (PHP120 million) funding to help the Philippines in providing relief and rehabilitation to those affected by Typhoon Odette. In a statement, the Embassy said the donation came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's commitment to providing "immediate support to relief operations in the Philippines" for those affected by t...

The Canadian government has announced the details of its P120 million donation to the victims of Typhoon "Odette". In a statement, it stated that P72 million will be allocated to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support their response in emergency food assistance and logistics operations while P28

Financial and humanitarian assistance continued to pour in from several countries to help hundreds of thousands of people in the Visayas and Mindanao recently affected by Typhoon “Odette” (international name: Rai).

DESTRUCTION. The devastation left by Typhoon Odette in Surigao del Norte in this aerial shot taken by the Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force on Friday (Dec. 17, 2021). The United Kingdom, China, Canada, and the European Union said they are ready to assist the country in the aftermath of "Odette". (Photo courtesy of PCG) MANILA - The United Kingdom, China, Canada, and the European Union (EU) have expressed their readiness to assist the country following the devastation left by Typhoo...

Several countries have offered humanitarian aid to the Philippines as they sent messages of sympathy amid the destruction caused by typhoon “Odette”, which pummeled through the Visayas and Mindanao a week before Christmas. Odette, the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, made its first

Commission-on-Human-Rights To fortify its mandate on human rights information, education and research, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday, Dec. 10, launched the Human Rights Institute (HRI) at its central offices in Quezon City during the observance of the International Human Rights