NEW HOUSES. A family displaced by the 2017 Marawi siege in their new community at Marawi Resettlement Site Phase 1: Hadiya Village, Barangay Dulay West. A total of 109 permanent houses constructed by the UN Habitat were inaugurated in the area last February 2021. (Photo courtesy of UN-Habitat) MANILA - A total of 1,000 permanent houses were awarded to Marawi residents as the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) caps its housing project in the city on Thursday. The Rebuilding Marawi Project, funded by the Japanese government, started four years ago to support internally displaced families affected by the 2017 siege with the last 462 houses awarded during a handover event Thursday (May 19). The houses were built on land procured and developed by Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) and National Housing Authority (NHA) through a USD10 million funding given by Japan. Prior to the siege, the 1,000 families lived within the three to six meters easement along the Agus
The 1 and Prudential Thailand rang in CNY by giving away 8,888 oranges to Central Food Hall customer as a part of ‘The Lucky 1’ campaign to let Thai people start the Year of the Golden Tiger in style. With the aspiration to co-create a health and wellness solution offering a complete end-to-end digital experience that matches various lifestyle needs and life stages of all Thais.
(Infographic courtesy of DOH) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 7,661 new coronavirus infections nationwide, another drop in the number of cases from Tuesday's 9,493. In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said active cases have further dropped to 160,297 from Tuesday's 176,053. Of these active cases, 149,829 have mild symptoms, followed by the asymptomatic at 5,575, those with moderate symptoms at 3,056, those with severe symptoms at 1,521, and those in critical condition at 316. It reported 23,392 new recoveries, a slight reduction from Tuesday's 24,210, and recorded 43 new deaths, lower than Tuesday's 51. Based on the latest data on Covid-19 testing, there were 40,453 persons tested for Covid-19 on Monday, with 24.8 percent found positive for the disease. To date, the 3,800 beds at intensive care units (ICU) in the whole country are at 46 percent occupancy; 20,800 isolation beds at 44 percent occupancy; 15,600 ward beds at 45 percent occu