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(Infographic courtesy of DOLE-7) CEBU CITY - Jobseekers will have a big chance of landing a job as an estimated 10,000 vacancies will be available at the Labor Day job fairs in Cebu and Dumaguete, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 7 said on Wednesday. Undersecretary Victor Del Rosario, DOLE-7 concurrent regional director, said in a statement the regional field office in Central Visayas will organize a job fair on May 1 at the SM City Cebu Trade Hall in this city and their Negros Oriental provincial field office at the Lamberto Macias Sports Complex, Capitol Area in Dumaguete...

MANILA- The Philippines remained at "very low risk" classification for Covid-19 while countries in East Asia are experiencing a surge in new cases, the OCTA Research Group said Sunday. In a tweet, OCTA Research Group Fellow Dr. Guido David said the country's average daily attack rate (ADAR) is 0.47 as of March 18. The growth rate is at minus 22 percent and the seven-day average of new cases is at 527 per 100,000 individuals. Timor-Leste, Taiwan, Cambodia, and China are also "very low risk" for Covid-19. Their ADARs range from 0.13 to 0.86 while their seven-day average o...

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Presidential photo) MANILA - Alert levels in certain areas could only be de-escalated to Level 1 once 80 percent of its senior citizens and individuals with comorbidities population are vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). During his presentation to President Rodrigo Duterte Monday night, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said 80 percent vaccination rate of the eligible population is one gauge being considered by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases (IATF) in deciding on the alert levels in differe...

Hundreds gathered on both sides of the Delaware River to watch an annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing, a year after pandemic restrictions forced viewers to watch it online.