The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warmly welcomed today the arrival of 102 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), composed of five land-based workers of Toa Corporation from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and 97 crew members of MS Norwegian Joy, docked in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Gadgets were all set when the first public announcement for community quarantine came due to Covid19. Short films were downloaded overtime to make sure that boredom won’t have the chance to settle when online classes are done. This is true enough among teens, but not for those aged four to seven. Kids from our neighborhood …
DAVAO CITY –Fr. Carlito Garcia of the Holy Family Parish in Bulakanon, Makilala, North Cotabato, made the rounds of several areas in his parish to give parishioners Easter Sunday blessings on board an open vehicle. Holding the image of the risen Christ, he blessed parishioners he passed. Before the blessing on board the vehicle, Esparagoza …
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DAVAO CITY — The fund raising started in a viber chat on Tuesday among golfers who talked about the need to augment personal protective equipment for coronavirus frontliners at the Southern Philippine Medical Center. Soon after the chat, the online campaign started and in 24-hours, they raised P270,000. The Newsline has been included in the thread but …
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DAVAO CITY —-The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has thought the world unity and sharing, this has been demonstrated in various forms around the world. In Davao City, two siblings assemble face shields for the frontliners of the COVIC-19 drawing inspiration from their father. Katherine, just finished her architecture and still reviewing while Isaiah John is a grade 12 student, they are the children …
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DAVAO CITY —The services of the Roman Catholic church is still available but everyone is advised to observe social distancing, says St. Francis de Assisi Parish Priest Msgr. Paul A. Cuison. “We can still perform baptism, funeral rights and private wedding but we strictly impose social distancing,” he said. The parish of St. Francis de Assisi …
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DAVAO CITY — The Palace wishes to extend its utmost gratitude to our health care and service providers, law enforcement agents, as well as our people in the frontline of our country’s battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Their sacrifices during this period are invaluable, and the services they are tirelessly rendering for the nation …
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DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with the officials of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on March 19, 2020.
VATICAN— Pope Francis on Sunday took a brief walking pilgrimage in the city of Rome, and prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic during a surprise visit to both the Basilica of St. Mary Major and a cross that traversed Rome during a 16th-century plague. According to the Vatican, the pope went to the …
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DAVAO CITY —- “Isn’t it the time for us to go to the church and pray because of the COVID-19 threat?” this was the question poised by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles, in a mass he celebrated inside a empty room via live stream at the Bishop residence in Torres St. on Sunday afternoon. Valles, who …
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