Category: press releases
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Zambo, CDO Launch Partnership for Children’s Road Safety
The local governments of Zamboanga City and Cagayan de Oro City launched on Monday their sister-city partnership that will improve collaboration promoting safer roads for everyone, especially children, during a ceremony led by the former’s Mayor John Dalipe and the latter’s city officials. The launch, held at Zamboanga City Hall a day after the commemoration…
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HHI, MSU-IIT Lead Inquiry on Climate-conflict-environment Nexus in BARMM
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) take the helm in exploring the emerging nexus of climate-conflict-environment and in understanding how it affects community resilience, specifically in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines. In a report published today, titled “Understanding Climate, Conflict, and Environmental Impacts…
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Gaza: ICRC Helps in the Release of Hostages
ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric says: “The release of two hostages in Gaza today is a sliver of hope. We are extremely relieved that they can now be reunited after two weeks of agony, and we continue to urge for action to protect and alleviate the suffering of all civilians affected by this devastating conflict.”
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Philippines: Agusan del Norte Residents Rebuild Lives After Armed Conflict
Yang-yang Subay remembers the time when conflict broke out in her village and she had to flee for her life along with her family and 185 other people in March 2022. All they wanted was a place they could live in without fear of violence. Barangay Puting Bato of Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte province,…
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Crescent Moon Cafe Presents Sining to the Moon
In line with the celebration of NATIONAL MUSEUM and GALLERY MONTH, Crescent Moon Café presents SINING TO THE MOON (HAVE LANDED!) in joyful support of the City Government of Antipolo, AnCCATPO, NCCA & DILG, continuing the spirit of art appreciation becoming art practice. Emerging Antipolo Artists will display their works to ignite an early Christmas Bazaar in the city.…
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This October: A New Vision for Earth Takes Shape
Over 6,000 global and local experts and practitioners will come together to climate-proof communities around the world.
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Media Fellowship to Unpack Unhealthy Food Marketing Targeting Children Launched
Pasig City – Public interest law group ImagineLaw on Monday invited Filipino journalists to produce stories and reports through a media fellowship that will shed light on the advertising and marketing of unhealthy food to children. “Unhealthy food marketing harms children,” said ImagineLaw Executive Director Atty. Sophia San Luis. “It increases their risk of being…
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USAID and Partners Host First Responsible Seafood Summit to Advance Sustainable Fisheries in the Philippines
Quezon City—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday (Sept 14) hosted the first Responsible Seafood Summit, gathering over 200 representatives from the seafood industry, civil society organizations, and government agencies at the Novotel Manila Araneta City. Kickstarting the official celebration of the 60th Philippine Fish Conservation Week, the event served as a…
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Libya: Medicines, Food, Household Items, Body Bags to be Distributed to Thousands of Residents After ‘Violent, Brutal’ Floods
Tripoli (ICRC) –– Medicines, food, body bags, first aid kits and household items from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be distributed to communities in Libya to assist the thousands of families in need after the devastating floods in the country’s northeast. Additional ICRC teams are being sent to the region to…
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DPWH Completes Seawall in Roxas City, Capiz
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has built a new seawall in Roxas City, Capiz to protect vulnerable coastal communities. Based on the report of DPWH Regional Office 6 OIC-Director Sanny Boy O. Oropel, the seawall now serves as a robust coastal defense of Barangay Punta Cogon, providing enhanced safety against inclement weather…
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DILG Leads PH Delegation to EU-Asia Interregional Exchange on Child-Friendly Cities
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) led the Philippine delegation in the recently concluded East Asia-Europe Interregional Exchange on Child-Friendly Cities organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Madrid, Spain and Helsinki, Finland on September 4-9, 2023. The DILG’s participation in the activity is in line with the directive of…
