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(Photo courtesy of PTV) LEGAZPI CITY - Coastal areas in Masbate province remain positive for red tide toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Bicol (BFAR-5) said Monday. Citing the latest laboratory results of the collected shellfish samples, Nonie Enolva, BFAR-5 spokesperson, said the presence of toxic red tide in shellfish meat is still beyond the regulatory limit. "Based on the laboratory examination conducted by the BFAR-National Fisheries Laboratory last Feb. 10, 2023, shellfish meat samples collected from the coastal water of Milagros town in Masbate among others are still positive with paralytic shellfish poison (PSP)," she said in an interview. Enolva said that from Oct. 7, 2022 to date, Milagros waters are being monitored to guard public health and protect the shellfish industry. BFAR also warned the public to refrain from gathering, transporting, selling, buying, and eating all types of shellfish and alamang (small shrimp) from the affected coastal wate ....
FREE RIDES. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (3rd from left) and Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista (2nd from left) inside one of buses of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) that will provide free rides to the public during the program's launch at the Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) on Aug. 3, 2022. To date, the Department of Transportation has failed to secure funding to continue the free ride program in 2023 but is eyeing a collaboration with the OVP for a similar program. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is eyeing a continued partnership with the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to continue its 'Libreng Sakay (free ride)' program after no funds were allocated for the program in the 2023 proposed national budget. In a statement on Wednesday, DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista said the free ride program provided "transport relief" during the pandemic but its long-term viability cann ....
SHANGHAI, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ The fifth China International Import Expo will take place from November 5-10 this year. Buoyed by its opening-up policy, continuous optimization of the business environment and strong economic resilience, China will remain a hot investment destination in the years to come, said global experts at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022 in Davos, Switzerland. China's stable economic growth is of great significance to a global recovery, WEF President Borge Brende said in a recent interview. "So long and medium term, I'm quite bullish on China's economy," said the president. In addition to China's own economic size, business leaders also agreed that China's approach and commitment to globalization also matter. Chinese leaders have repeatedly reaffirmed commitment to economic globalization and free trade, including during speeches at the WEF. A major platform for international procurement, investment promotion, cultural exchan ....
ADDED PROTECTION. Nurse Mega Arvil Obar administers a booster shot to 69-year-old Rosalinda Pascua in Camarin, Caloocan City on Tuesday (May 17, 2022). To date, 68.7 million Filipinos are fully vaccinated but only 13.6 million have the first booster shot. (PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is holding special vaccination days to reach the minimum target of 77 million fully inoculated Filipinos. NVOC chair and Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the country's improved Covid-19 situation is affecting the vaccination drive. "Among the challenges are, while they recognize the importance of the vaccination, even boosters, they do not feel the urgency because there are few active cases and the surge happened in December last year and during the first two months of this year. They think that natural and artificial immunity are enough," Cabotaje said during the "Laging Handa" public briefing on Tuesday. Based on th ....
(File photo) MANILA - The Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST), an attached agency of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), posted a 99.67 percent overall budget utilization rate (BUR) of its continuing Fiscal Year 2020 allotment for the programs under Republic Act 10931 or Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act. This is higher than its previous BURs in FYs 2018 and 2019 despite the restrictions imposed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. The UniFAST Central Office achieved a utilization rate of 99.97 percent of its PHP3 billion allotment for the Free Higher Education (FHE) in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and CHED-recognized local universities and colleges (LUCs), and Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) Program for new grantees while the CHED Regional Offices attained a 99.39 percent utilization rate. For comparison, the disbursement rate of the national government as a percentage of obligations as of Dec. 1, 2021 stands onl ....