College students can now find short-term work by tutoring Grade 1 students under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Education (DepEd)’s new reading tutorial program.
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Leyte town builds quarantine facility out of eco-bricks from plastic wastes
A quarantine facility, partly made of eco-bricks and upcycled plastic bottles, is being built by the town’s folk of Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte.
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Filipino children’s health secured as PHL completes phaseout of leaded paints
Filipino children’s health are now more secured as the Philippines marked the completion of the phaseout of leaded paints at the close of 2019.
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MEET: Juda Diklay, 1st from Palawan Tau’t Bato tribe to graduate from university
Meet Juda Diklay, the first member of the Tau’t Bato indigenous people of southern Palawan to graduate from university. Juda’s journey from the Palaw’an tribe living in Singnapan Valley to earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from the Western Philippines University (WPU) in Puerto Princesa is replete with tales of overcoming prejudices and financial […]
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7.4 million families to receive unconditional cash transfers by March
Some 7.4 million families in the Philippines are scheduled to receive unconditional cash transfers (UCT) in the amount of Php 2,400 by March 2018, according to a report by the Department of Finance. The beneficiary households include the 4.4 million current recipients under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and the 3 million indigent senior […]
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Homeless Woman Triumphs Through Adversity Thanks To Free Training From TESDA, DSWD
Until recently, 29 year-old Merry Rose De Vera was homeless, living on the street, and making ends meet by going through people’s trash. De Vera, who eloped with her boyfriend when she was only 19, lived in along the South Pier in Manila, where she became a mother of three children. Because of their horrible […]
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