THE Embassy of New Zealand, with its government and Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), witnessed the contract-signing ceremony on the “Mango Enhancement and Protection Program” between the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research and the Municipality of Midsayap on April 19, in a partnership considered as a significant milestone…
IN April 1943, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover, Germans occupying the Polish capital surrounded the Warsaw Ghetto the Jewish quarter they had created in preparation for its final liquidation. On April 19 the German police and SS auxiliary forces entered the ghetto to complete the extermination. Its residents…
THE Health Department and Japanese government will engage in technology-based linkages on Universal Health Care (UHC) and knowledge-sharing, among others. The Department of Health’s officer in charge (OIC) Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire welcomed Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa at the DOH Central office in Manila, as they discussed developments on the Japan International…
MADRID Continuing a tradition of collaboration in celebrating the life and times of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Philippine Embassy in Madrid, in partnership with the Order of the Knights of Rizal-La Solidaridad Chapter, held a wreath-laying ceremony on December 19 to commemorate the 125th death anniversary of the Philippine hero,…