Brunei News Gazette

Day: May 16, 2023

Partnership with big firms opens opportunities for startups

The startup community in Cebu can pitch their business models and collaborate with big companies for investment and expansion opportunities, according to an accelerator executive on Tuesday. Walter Cang, vice president of DOHE Cebu, said Manila-based …

Int’l confab in Ilocos Norte features indigenous knowledge

Over a hundred educators and researchers from member institutions of the Philippine-Canada Education Consortium for International Collaborative Partnerships Magic 7+, as well as other higher education institutions in the two countries have gathered at…

DTI rolls out B2B app for farmers in conflict areas

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental province is initiating a digitization online application for farmers and producers in conflict-affected areas to connect them directly to a wider market. DTI-Negros Oriental information off…

Antique LGU goes house-to-house to reach immunization target

The municipality of San Jose de Buenavista is doubling efforts to reach its target in the ‘Chikiting Ligtas’ measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR-OPV SIA). Municipal health officer Dr. Melba Billones said house…

Lakas-CMD welcomes 71st House member

House Speaker and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) president Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday welcomed a fellow member of the House of Representatives from Bukidnon province after joining the party. The House Speaker administered the …

BI nabs overstaying Chinese in Makati

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested a Chinese national who has been wanted for overstaying and illegally working in the country. BI Intelligence Chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. reported to Commissioner Norman Tansingco that 30-year-old Zheng Zongy…

Stay united, relevant: PBBM to solons in ‘Solid North’

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday urged lawmakers in his bailiwick, the so-called “Solid North,” to strengthen the regional bloc’s alliance and maintain its relevance for the benefit of the country. Marcos made the call, as he led the the o…

5 Chinese nationals, 13 Filipinos face illegal mining raps in CDO

Five Chinese nationals and 13 Filipinos are facing charges for violating multiple laws after a joint government operation for illegal mining operations in this city’s Iponan River. Ban Mikhael Pacuribot, chief of the legal division of the Department o…

‘Listahanan’ ends this year as CBMS takes effect in 2024

The ‘Listahanan’ poverty database program, created by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as a primary reference for the identification of possible beneficiaries of social protection programs and services, will end this year, Secre…

57 ex-rebels in Negros receive cash, food aid from gov’t

At least 57 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Negros Occidental province received financial assistance of PHP5,000 each along with food packs on Tuesday as part of the support given by the government in their return to mainstream society. The di…