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BUTUAN CITY - Accreditations have been issued to 24 Child Development Centers (CDCs) in Agusan del Sur's town of Talacogon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13) said Wednesday. In a statement, DSWD-13 said the accredited CDCs will help the agency ensure the strengthening of child development and protection programs in Talacogon, as mandated through Republic Act (RA) 6972, or the Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act. "The accreditation of the 24 CDCs was completed through the series of evaluation and assessments cond...

ANKARA - Global nuclear arsenals are expected to grow over the next decade for the first time since the Cold War, according to an international study released on Monday. The world's nine nuclear-armed states -- the US, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea -- continue to modernize and expand their nuclear arsenals at a rate that will likely increase over the next decade, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) found in its newly released Yearbook 2022. "There are clear indications that the reductions that have characterized globa...

US-Asean Special Summit, Washington D.C. (DFA photo) MANILA - The success of the recent US-Asean Special Summit sends a strong message of pushing for deeper economic engagement between the US and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member states, especially on more jobs and investments for the Philippines. Hosted by US President Joe Biden in Washington D.C. on May 12 and 13, the Philippine Embassy in the US said the special summit saw the US commitment to strengthen and expand its engagement with member states of the Asean. "Consistent with the Embassy's message, this deepe...

MANILA - More than 5,000 police officers have been dismissed from the service as a result of an intensified internal cleansing program of the Philippine National Police (PNP) since the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte started. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said in a statement sent to the media on Sunday that the latest data as of March 2022 show a total of 5,599 cops, 714 are involved in illegal drug-related cases, have been sacked since July 2016. Others were involved in cases ranging from grave misconduct, serious irregularities, and other criminal activities while some members o...

ISTANBUL -Saudi Arabia raised the number of Hajj pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom to 1 million in 2022, authorities announced Saturday after two years of restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia released a statement that said Hajj is open to those under 65 years of age who have received approved Covid-19 vaccinations by the Saudi Ministry of Health. Pilgrims from abroad will be required to submit a negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test taken within 72 hours from the time of departure, it added,...