Education

A&E Test passers granted more options for further education

PASIG CITY, June 10 -- Completers of the Alternative Learning System (ALS), who undertook the old basic education curriculum before the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program and passed the...

Experts: Suicide can be prevented

More people are committing suicide than ever before, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports, but suicide isn't uniquely an American issue. The World Health Organization estimates that every 40 seconds,...

Greenpeace: Microplastic, chemical pollution widespread in Antarctica

  LONDON — Plastic and chemical pollution has been detected in most samples of snow and seawater taken by researchers in Antarctica, said the nongovernmental environmental group Greenpeace. Greenpeace scientists gathered water and snow...

DOH taps technology to collect non-communicable diseases data

MANILA --The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said that it will engage at least 3,000 cellphone users in the country as respondents in a mobile phone survey focusing on non-communicable diseases...

NKTI encourages healthy lifestyle among kids

MANILA-- Pushing healthy lifestyle early among school children is an important factor that will help reduce their risk of developing kidney diseases in the future, a physician at the National Kidney...

UN Issues Urgent Call for Curbs on Use of Plastic

Marking World Environment Day, the United Nations on Tuesday named plastic one of the biggest environmental threats facing the world. The report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability, said while government regulation on...

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