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Fire razes 9 classrooms, principal’s office in Sapangdaku school
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A Thursday dawn fire burned down at least nine classrooms and a principal’s office in a school in a mountain barangay here. Firefighters in Cebu City responded to the alarm raised at Napo Elementary School in Brgy. Sapangdaku, Cebu City at 2:56 a.m. The blaze hit one of the school buildings,.....»»
DepEd urged: Let SY 2024-2025 return to old school calendar
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) should revert School Year 2024-2025 to the old school calendar, a House legislator said Saturday. Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said the return to a June-March school calendar “is a huge leap forward for our students, parents, and teachers” amid worsening climate change. He also.....»»
With over 460 million children living in conflict, child protection systems must be strengthened, says UNODC Executive Director
In a world where "460 million children were living in contexts of conflict in 2022", child protection systems must be strengthened, said Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), at a high-level conference at the European Parliament. At the Protection of Children in Armed Conflict conference in Brussels, organize.....»»
5 dead, 4 injured in three-vehicle crash in Philippines
MANILA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and four others injured in a three-vehicle collision in Quezon province, southeast of the Philippine capital, before dawn on Wednesday, police said. Police said the fatal accident happened around 2:30 a.m. local time when a speeding truck crashed into a three-wheeled motorcycle carrying nine people while traveling along a highway in Lopez town. The collision cau.....»»
1 dead, 5 injured in road crash in Philippines
MANILA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- One person died and five others were severely injured after their car fell off a bridge in Camarines Sur province, southeast of the Philippine capital, amid a heavy downpour on Sunday morning, local media reported. A local news outlet, quoting the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said the sedan car was traveling southbound when the accident occurred around 11:30.....»»
3 dead, 1 injured after multi-vehicle crash in Philippines
MANILA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Three people have been killed and one severely injured following a multi-vehicle crash in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, police said Tuesday. Police said the accident happened on Monday after an Asian utility vehicle hit the rear of the tricycle carrying the three victims, causing it to lose control and collide with an oncoming tanker truck along a highway in Cabanatuan City in.....»»
34 injured as church floor collapses in Philippines
MANILA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-four people were injured after the second floor of a packed Roman Catholic Church in Bulacan province, north of Manila, collapsed on Wednesday, a disaster-response official said. Gina Ayson, head of the San Jose del Monte City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, said the accident occurred in the morning as Catholics packed the church to celebrate Ash Wednesday. Ay.....»»
34 injured as church floor collapses in Philippines
MANILA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-four people were injured after the second floor of a packed Roman Catholic Church in Bulacan province, north of Manila, collapsed on Wednesday, a disaster-response official said. Gina Ayson, head of the San Jose del Monte City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, said the accident occurred in the morning as Catholics packed the church to celebrate Ash Wednesday. Ay.....»»
2 dead, 15 injured in car crash in Philippines
MANILA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger jeepney's brake failed, causing it to hit several vehicles in the Philippines' Laguna province, south of Manila, police said Saturday. The accident occurred past 5 p.m. local time on Friday in Nagcarlan town while the jeepney was negotiating a descending road, police said. The wayward.....»»
2 dead, 15 injured in car crash in Philippines
MANILA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger jeepney's brake failed, causing it to hit several vehicles in the Philippines' Laguna province, south of Manila, police said Saturday. The accident occurred past 5 p.m. local time on Friday in Nagcarlan town while the jeepney was negotiating a descending road, police said. The wayward.....»»
Nursing student killed after SUV flips over in Balamban road accident
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A nursing student died after the sport utility vehicle she was driving with 10 of her classmates onboard, flipped over while she tried to evade another vehicle in Barangay Gaas, Balamban town in western Cebu on Thursday afternoon, March 21, 2024. The road accident happened at around 5:30 p.m. along the.....»»
DGCA s new guidelines mandate seats for children below 12 years near parents
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has implemented amendments to improve child seating arrangements in airlines. Now DGCA mandates the airlines to provide seats to children under age 12 near to at least one of the parent or guardian. The circular by DGCA now mandates airlines to allocate seats for children up to the age of 12 years with at least one of their parents/guardia.....»»
2 children dead in Philippine fire
MANILA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Philippine police reported Friday that two children died in a fire after they were trapped inside their hut in Cavite province, south of Manila. Police said the fire gutted the siblings, the four-year-old girl and her three-year-old brother, around 3 p.m. local time Thursday. The children's 22-year-old mother told investigators that she left the siblings in the house to gather.....»»
Save the Children commemorates a decade of Yolanda and the impact of its lifesaving work for and with children
In the aftermath of Yolanda, Save the Children immediately mounted a massive humanitarian response targeting the needs of child survivors and their families......»»
Gaza: Starving children should be ‘an alarm like no other’, says UN
The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to “flood” Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn territory. “With children starting … to die from starvation, that should be an alarm like no other,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency, told reporters in Geneva......»»
Online predators may be using these emojis to befriend your children
Children's rights NGO Bahay Tuluyan says hundreds of thousands of online predators use emojis to groom children online.....»»
China s claims over Taiwan lack a legal basis under international law, says envoy to Switzerland
Taipei [Taiwan], March 9 (ANI): Taiwan's representative to Switzerland, David WF Huang, reiterated Taiwan's sovereignty in a keynote speech in Switzerland, Focus Taiwan reported.Invited by the Swiss think tank Foraus, Huang addressed nearly 200 attendees at the University of Zurich, highlighting recent developments in the Taiwan Strait, including China's adjustment of the M503 flight path.According to Foc.....»»
China s claims over Taiwan lack a legal basis under international law, says envoy to Switzerland
Taipei [Taiwan], March 9 (ANI): Taiwan's representative to Switzerland, David WF Huang, reiterated Taiwan's sovereignty in a keynote speech in Switzerland, Focus Taiwan reported.Invited by the Swiss think tank Foraus, Huang addressed nearly 200 attendees at the University of Zurich, highlighting recent developments in the Taiwan Strait, including China's adjustment of the M503 flight path.According to Foc.....»»
Google vows to help Philippines SMEs expand businesses
Search engine giant Google has vowed to help small Philippine enterprises expand their business and to train thousands of parents and children on responsible technology use, Malacañang said yesterday......»»
TIMwork makes the dream work
Tim recently celebrated his birthday, and, as expected, was feted in a string of parties. But he spent his actual birthday detached from the social whirl — at the Bahay ni Maria with the elderly, and after that, with children/beneficiaries of Smile Train......»»