Education

USAID hands over 1.1 M supplementary books for DepEd’s K-3 classroom libraries

PASIG CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially handed over a total of 1.1 million supplementary books for the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Kindergarten to Grade 3...

UP-PGH to validate deaths linked to Dengvaxia

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday announced that it will partner with the University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) to validate independently allegations of death due...

Tax Academy to tie up with SUCs, open VisMin campuses

The Department of Finance (DOF) will tie up with State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) such as the University of the Philippines (UP) and the University of Makati (UMak) in setting up...

Parents worried over possible Dengvaxia ill-effects to their children

IMUS CITY, Cavite -- Parents of 121,219 children who were vaccinated with Dengvaxia in Cavite province expressed apprehension over the harmful effects of the vaccine to their children. In interviews with PNA...

Study: There’s no fail-safe way to prevent Dementia

A new study has dashed hopes that people may be able to protect themselves from dementia through medicine, diet or exercise. "To put it simply, all evidence indicates that there is no...

DOH on Code White starting Thursday

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) will start monitoring firecracker-related injuries on Thursday. "We will start our Code White by Dec. 21, 2017 and it will last until Jan. 5, 2018,"...

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