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by Megan ODonnell The Center for Global Development is building on our initial efforts by launching the COVID-19 Gender and Development Initiative. This new initiative will aim to promote gender... Where Are Women and Girls Especially Vulnerable to the COVID-19 Pandemic?...

(Top row, L-R) Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco extend their congratulations during the recent virtual launch of the LANDBANK Mastercard Prepaid Card for the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) Program led by (Bottom row, L-R) LandBank President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo, CHED and UniFAST Governing Board Chairman J. Prospero de Vera III, and UniFAST Executive Director Atty. Ryan L. Estevez. (Contributed photo) CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA) -In p...

Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has received a $100,000 grant to launch UPLINK, a collaborative, regional digital network that will enable U.P. heritage organizations to preserve historical manuscript collections and offer online public access. The two-year project is being supported by a National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) implementation grant. NMU will be the home base for the project archivist. It will a...

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has partnered with the Landbank of the Philippines (LBP) to launch a cash card for a efficient disbursement of financial grants to students amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III (Photo from Prospero De Vera’s Facebook page) CHED Chairman J. Prospero de Vera III said more scholarships for students in the IP communities are possible with the continued funding support for the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTE) law or Republic Act No. 10931 under the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA). “President Duterte has signed the 2021 GAA recently which increased funding for the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) which no...

Voice of the Industry Is CDBC the key to unlocking financial inclusion? Tuesday 12 January 2021 10:06 CET | Editor: Mirela Ciobanu | Voice of the industry Gonzalo Santamaria Jens Seidl from Currency Research discuss the potential CBDCs hold to create new opportunities to individuals that had previously declined financial access While the payments industry is making great strides at driving innovation and new technologies, very few of the new products and services being developed are helping...

Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) : This is a type of licence that permits an entity to provide a wide range of services under a single licence. It permits a licensed entity to build, operate and utilize an International Gateway and a Network consisting of a Cellular Communication System, a Fixed Wireless Access Telecommunications System, Fixed Wireline Telecommunications System or a combination of any of these systems comprising Radio, Cable or Satellite or their combination, in the assign...

Launch of the Regional Survey of Languages in the Arab region 21/12/2020 Share this article On the occasion of the World Arabic Language Day, UNESCO invites its Member States and relevant governmental partners in the Arab States to complete the Regional Survey of Languages prepared for the data collection in the Arab States.  This survey aims to collect a wide range of data on the number of spoken and sign languages in countries, as well as selected information about the use an...

Oregon health care leaders present their legislative concepts for the 2021 session Sydney Kurle | Dec 21, 2020 Share this: During a remote committee meeting on Thursday the House Interim Committee on Health Care met to discuss their legislative concepts for the 2021 legislative session. Most notable among these concepts was the legislators’ commitment to addressing equity in health care, the social determinants of health, and health care affordability.     Charlie Fisher, State D...

Date Time Launch of Regional Survey of Languages in Arab region The survey is composed of one questionnaire covering Spoken Languages and Sign Languages and a descriptive document. An Instruction Manual is also provided to assist in completing the questionnaire Please also note that the questionnaire is available in Excel format only. This format will facilitate the provision of data. The deadline for submitting data is 4 February 2021. Data is expected to be released on the World Atlas of Lan...