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Almost 3k Iliganons benefit from Access TB Program Philippine Information Agency 14 May 2021, 07:38 GMT+10 ILIGAN CITY, May 13 (PIA)--After intensifying the push in diminishing the existing positive cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the city, a total of 2,966 Iliganons benefited from the Access TB Program that lasted for 16 days. The program was spearheaded by the local government of Iligan through its City Health Office (CHO) and the Maranao People Development Center, Inc. (MARADECA) in partnershi...

AfricaFocus Bulletins with Material on Politics and Human Rights April 19, 2021  Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/ga2104.php     "The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt. Within and across countries, the people who have suffered most are those already disadvantaged by race, class, gender, o...

Phil Robertson Sends Brutal Message To Liberals For Disrespecting God – ‘Hell To Pay’ Is Coming For Them Posted on Phil Robertson Sounds Off On Democrats On this week’s episode of “In the Woods with Phil,” the Robertson family patriarch claimed that even though liberals may think they “won” now that Joe Biden is in office, they have actually lost where it really counts. (Excerpt) Read more at themix.net ... TOPICS: 05/06/2021 2:46:17 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & maj...

Sonny Coloma As Asia regional adviser on development management for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. David Korten traveled frequently to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Author of several books that present alternative views on capitalism, he shares with readers what he has learned from his travels. He recalls an insight that came to him in Baguio City while on a 10-day retreat with leaders of six major Asian non-governmental organizations.  They were grappling with ...

Published May 2, 2021, 12:38 PM Davao Prison and Penal Farm Eight more inmates at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) in Davao del Norte have recovered from tuberculosis. “The DPPF management together with its partners – the Department of Health (DOH-RO XI) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) — are committed in ending Tuberculosis in jails and prisons by ensuring that PDLs (persons deprived of liberty) are well taken care of and that their health is given utmost prio...

Published: Share: Quote of the week by: Juan Fernando López Aguilar MEP, European Parliament negotiator on the certificates  “We need to put in place the EU Covid-19 certificate to re-establish people’s confidence when exercising their right to free movement while we continue to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Member states must co-ordinate their responses in a safe manner and ensure the free movement of citizens within the EU. Vaccines and tests must be accessible and...

Ms. Oyuntugs (Oyut) Bayaraa, a 2016-2017 Fulbright Foreign Student and Founder of the Firefly House NGO On her path to become a knowledgeable rehabilitation counselor, Oyut had to understand that rehabilitation should not make the disease or disability the focus, but instead rehabilitation needed to be person-centered. “I used to believe that I could only work with people with vision impairment basing on my own experiences, however through Fulbright I gained knowledge and tools for disab...

Converge ICT adds women execs to leadership team Share on email Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT has announced the appointment of two female executives to its leadership team as the company expands its talent pool to support its massive growth. Converge ICT treasurer and deputy chief finance officer Christine Renee Blabagno (left) and corporate compliance officer Laurice Esteban-Tuason (Photo credit: Converge ICT) Christine Renee Blabagno, former chief financial officer of the Philippine ...

The lead essay by Marian L. Tupy and Gale Pooley represents a fascinating, if narrow, historical story. Augmenting the data used in the Simon-Ehrlich bet is a useful addition to understanding price trends. But those, projected into the longer term, hit inevitable obstacles. That projection is based on improbable assumptions about the human ability to invent itself out of the basic laws of physics. It violates the precautionary principle, and it downplays our embeddedness in ecological systems. ...