MAJOR EVENT. The First Dapa Siargao National Dragon Boat Regatta kicks off with 21 teams in Dapa, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte on Saturday (July 9, 2022). The sports activity is the first major event held on the island two years after the Covid-19 pandemic started and six months after the devastation caused by Typhoon Odette. (PNA photo by Alexander Lopez) DAPA, Siargao Island - More than six months after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, the town of Dapa in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte has kicked off a major tourism and sports activity. The "First Dapa Siargao National Dragon Boat Regatta 2022" started its first wave of competitions on Saturday morning. "The is the first big event in Siargao Island after we were hit by Typhoon Odette in December last year," Mayor Elizabeth Matugas said in her opening remarks during the presentation of teams. A total of 21 dragon boat teams nationwide are entered, including those from the Philippine Army and Navy. They will
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the labor department reporting 165,000 private sect he shall jobs created last month driving the unemployment rate down to a four-year low of 7.5%. the new numbers don t tell the whole story, specifically in manufacturing and youth unemployment. elizabeth pran live in washington with the latest. reporter: you re right the unemployment numbers from this morning may not be such good news for students grabbing their college diplomas this spring. million also of them listen to commencement speeches across the nation about entering their adult life, but economically they are entering the job market in the wake of a recession, so, a young adult between the ages of 18 to 29 are feeling an 11.1% unemployment rate, which is basically stagnant from last month which was right around 141.7%. according to generation opportunity, a kwroult advocacy group, that number eupd combined with the 1.7 million unemployed