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The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided assistance to 233 residents belonging to 62 families who evacuated following an encounter between Philippine Army soldiers and New People’s Army rebels at Sitio Dangalon, Barangay Hilamonan in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, on May 11.The evacuees at the Hilamonan Covered Court returned to their homes on Sunday, May 14, the PRC said on Tuesday, May 16.The PRC immediately mobilized 143 Red Cross Volunteers and Red Cross Youth members to provide essential support to the affected families.The volunteers provided child-friendly space activities, promoted hygiene practices, and raised awareness about dengue prevention, a press release from PRC said Tuesday, May 16.PRC also deployed an ambulance team to ensure that medical assistance was rea...

An initial 2,611 children in various barangays of E. B. Magalona have been vaccinated against measles and rubella (MR), while 3,041 kids have received oral polio vaccines (OPVs), in the first six days of the ongoing supplemental immunization campaign of the Department of Health (DOH), called “Chikiting Ligtas,” according to the Municipal Health Office (MHO) Wednesday, May 10.MHO said 1,691 children also received Vitamin A supplementation in the same activity, a press releseas from EB Magalona said.The figure represented 46.57 percent of the MHO target for MR for children aged 9 to 59 months; and 46.49 percent for OPV for children aged 0 to 59 months."Chikiting Ligtas" is a month-long campaign of the DOH this May, called "MR-OPV SIA" or “Measles Rubella- bivalent Oral Polio Vacc...

Acting Murcia Mayor Johnny Reosura and Nanhua Uiversity President Dr. Tsong-Ming Lin shows the newly-signed Memorandum of Understanding for Academic Cooperation between Murcia and Nanhua University.*Delegates from Murcia, Negros Occidental, participated in the recently concluded 7th International Symposium on Sustainable Development and Green Technology in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.The Murcia delegation was led by Acting Mayor Johnny Reosura, Agriculture Committee Vice-Chair SB Hernan Alintana, Executive Assistant Erwin Apua, OIC-Municipal Agriculturist Dennis Garzon and Agricultural Technologist Ma. Paola Joy Rivera.Sponsoring the delegation’s trip to Taiwan was the Sustainability Center of Taiwan-based Nanhua University, led by CEO Yao Ming Hong, while Father Yongsing Cui, Vice-...

The University of St. La Salle (USLS) just produced 22 new registered electrical engineers and master electricians.The 22 new registered electrical engineers from USLS were among the 3,339 examinees who passed the April 2023 board exam for electrical engineers.With an overall passing rate of 73.33 percent, USLS outperformed the national passing rate of 57.86 percent for the Registered Electrical Engineers Licensure Examination, a USLS press release said..USLS first-takers of the Registered Master Electricians Licensure examination obtained a perfect passing rate of 100 percent. The university's overall passing rate for this exam stands at 80 percent, exceeding the national passing rate of 42.21 percent.The new registered Lasallian electrical engineers are: Jose Edsel T. Alf...

Reading is an essential skill for the 21st century, and a way to encourage it and improve comprehension is by making books available in languages that are understood by young readers.To inspire more Filipinos to read and easily comprehend, the free-to-download tech-publishing app NABU: Multilingual Kids Books has released its first batch of regional language books for Filipino learners from diverse backgrounds, a press release from Globe said.Globe has partnered with NABU, the New York-based nonprofit focused on eradicating poverty through increased literacy and free access to mother tongue books through their proprietary app."We believe that everyone should have access to age-appropriate, culturally relevant, and accurate reading materials in their own language. This is an imp...