Vicky Pineda Garchitorena, youngest of six children of Dr. Carlo Jose Pineda and Dr. Carmen Pineda, was born in March 1944 while bombs rained down on Manila as Allied forces moved closer towards the Philippines.
The Straits Times
Landscape companies to hire resident gardeners to maintain neighbourhoods
NParks aims to create about 1,000 new and upgraded jobs over the next five years, with many leveraging new technologies as part of a digitalisation push.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
ITE students and NParks staff demonstrating the use of a Resistographc, which tests the health of trees, at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on Jan 11, 2021.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
Minister for National Development Desmond Lee (left) watching a demonstration of how a drone is used for a virtual tree inspection, on Jan 11, 2021.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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Residents to be hired to help care for neighbourhood gardens
Mr Desmond Lee (in blue) being given a demonstration of a tree inspection at Bishan- Ang Mo Kio Park. TNP PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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Those with green fingers may soon be employed on a part-time basis to help landscaping works in neighbourhood gardens.
Such opportunities will be part of about 1,000 new and upgraded jobs which the National Parks Board (NParks) aims to create over the next five years, said Minister for National Development Desmond Lee yesterday.
Many of the jobs - for Singaporeans - will leverage new technologies as part of NParks digitalisation push for the landscape industry.
last night at a community meeting organized by the school district, outraged residents didn t hold back. i m done listening to you. you guys need to do something. my child, my children, all of them, i run a business in this town. it is not safe. why is it you need to prove to us it is safe to put our children in this school. as a community, we need to come together, we need to pull our children out, there is other places we can take them and give them the education they need. you are not doing your job. you are not doing your job. and not answering questions. i m tired of it! we need to stand up as parents to fight for the rights of our children. you re not. that was melissa cianci. i spoke with her earlier today. so, melissa, what kind of response did you receive after directing your questions and your outrage to that panel? i really did not receive a response. and i ended up walking out. what do you want the city or the school district to do? i want them to do soi