[ad_1] Two lawmakers on Sunday asked the Department of Transportation (DoTr) to provide free sound cards to travelers. BEEP, BEEP Travelers read an ad about the use of the beep card at the Edsa Carousel bus station in the city of Caloocan on October 4, 2020. PHOTO BY RUY MARTINEZ …
Read More »It takes solidarity and compassion, not politics, to fight COVID-19 – Go
[ad_1] Senator Christopher Go (second from left) led the launch on Friday, October 2, 2020, of the 85th Malasakit Center at the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong. (Photo from his office) MANILA, Philippines – Put politics aside and instead work in solidarity and compassion for those made most …
Read More »GOCC subsidies cut in August: Treasury – The Manila Times
[ad_1] Subsidies granted by the national government to state-owned companies decreased in August, data from the Treasury Office showed, and most of it was extended to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Twenty-one government owned and controlled corporations obtained a total of P4.98 billion in assistance during the month, a reduction …
Read More »Pope Says Capitalism Failed Humanity During Coronavirus Pandemic | News | DW
[ad_1] Pope Francis shared his new encyclical in a speech overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, presenting a vision for the post-coronavirus world. The encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” (All Brothers) called for greater human solidarity to address problems such as climate change or injustices caused by economic inequality. A papal encyclical …
Read More »50,000 schools move to distance education – The Manila Times
[ad_1] FIFTY THOUSAND public schools in the Philippines open today, Monday, and students are staying home instead of going to classrooms as the government switches to distance education as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. Undersecretary of Education Diosdado San Antonio On Sunday, the Department of Education (DepEd) …
Read More »DepEd establishes virtual welcome for 22.5 million public school children
[ad_1] The Department of Education (DepEd) will receive virtually on Monday (October 5) more than 22.5 million students enrolled in public schools for the school year (SY) 2020-2021, as the National Police assured that it has established its presence and assistance centers near or within learning institutions across the country. …
Read More »Changing economy and climate hit Austria’s alpine pastures – The Manila Times
[ad_1] PERTISAU, Austria: With tender care, Sepp Rieser adorns the voluminous heads of his reluctant cows with flower crowns, adds more spruce twigs, and wraps the large bells around their necks. FIGHTING INDUSTRY Cows decorated with bells and flowers are leaving their summer pastures during the annual ceremony called ‘Almabtrieb’ …
Read More »Pope Francis Says Covid-19 Pandemic Shows Limits To Market Economy
[ad_1] ROME – Pope Francis offered his recipe for a host of ills affecting societies around the world, including poverty, terrorism and racism, in an important document written in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. “Fratelli tutti” (“Brothers, all”), published by the Vatican on Sunday, is only the third time …
Read More »Pope Addresses Covid Pandemic and Growing Nationalism in Third Encyclical | World News
[ad_1] Pope Francis warned against “myopic, extremist, resentful and aggressive nationalism” in some countries and a “growing loss of sense of history” in a major document outlining his worldview. Fratelli Tutti, the third encyclical, a pastoral letter addressed to the entire Catholic Church, from his papacy, was published on Sunday, …
Read More »Why Tenorio and Aguilar have not yet joined Geneva inside the bubble
[ad_1] BARANGAY Geneva coach Tim Cone assured LA Tenorio and Japeth Aguilar will join the team in time for the PBA Philippines Cup resumption next Sunday. Fans of the league’s most popular baseball club are lost in the absence of the two key players from Clark’s bubble according to posts …
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