Manila prelate on pastoral visit to US capital

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle – one of the youngest cleric to ever hold the important post and a man CNN described as a future papal candidate – will celebrate masses here next week.

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle – one of the youngest cleric to ever hold the important post and a man CNN described as a future papal candidate – will celebrate masses here next week.

The newly-installed president of the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP) said the immediate passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill will fully realize the effective implementation of the country’s reproductive health program.

After learning the Southern Nevada Health District’s reserve funds had grown equal to about 25 percent of its overall budget, Clark County commissioners told the district it would get about half of the money it expected from the county.

Among the many public agencies with its hand out looking for county money is the Southern Nevada Health District, which provides such services as STD testing, restaurant inspections and immunizations.

Guimaras is looking forward to the strengthening of its efforts on disaster preparedness with the signing of an agreement here Tuesday with the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) Cares Foundation and local disaster councils of the province’s selected municipalities.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Monday commended efforts of stakeholders from both government and the private sector for installing in workplaces of family planning and maternal and child services,

More Filipino workers are expected to get employed overseas with the lifting of the deployment ban in Northern Iraq and Libya.

The province of Guimaras will play host to the launching of the “Pagpakigbuylog sa Pagpangaman” or Partnership on Disaster Risk Reduction program by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines-PHAPCares Foundation, Inc. on Tuesday.

The UN under-secretary- general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Valerie Amos, reconfirmed the commitment of the humanitarian community to the people of Afghanistan at the end of her four-day visit to the country on Friday, a UN spokesman told reporters here.

The City Veterinarian Office (CVO) here has expressed alarm over the recent death of a villager due to rabies.













