A Philippine senator said the country should have more barangay nutrition scholars to address the problems of the health sector including malnutrition.
The University of the Philippines system announced that it will not be collecting tuition from its students for the first semester of its academic year 2017 – 2018, regardless of financial status.
The City Tourism Office said it recorded an increase of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year compared to 2016 data, an official said.
The University of the Philippines Mindanao University Student Council (USC) lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing the free tuition bill but said it will remain vigilant as they continue to campaign for a mass-oriented education for all.
“Where do I pump? Where do I express my milk?” These are the common questions faced by breastfeeding mothers when in public places or establishments.
There were as many as 7,000 tuberculosis cases recorded in the Davao Region in the first two quarters of the year, a health official said, describing it as already half the number recorded last year.
Department of Health Regional Tuberculosis Program Medical Coordinator, Dr. Hansel Amoguis said “there’s still six months remaining to determine whether the number of cases detected have increased.”
Youth groups are set to march to register their demand for free education this Friday, August 4, a day before the deadline of the signing of the proposed Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
A group of mothers expressed alarm over the decrease of the number of lactating mothers who complete exclusive breastfeeding to their infants, a situation that signals the increase of infants and babies being fed by substitute milk.
Students of the University of the Philippines in Mindanao were taken aback after the school administration announced it will continue to collect tuition a day before the enrollment Sunday, July 30.
More than 600 planters, growers, businessmen and other mango industry stakeholders from various parts of Mindanao gathered in a one-day consultation at the Grand Mandaya Hotel here on Wednesday.
