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MANILA – Over 21,000 overseas and local jobs will initially be offered at the two-day online job fair next week, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Saturday. The online job fair, to be held on December 10 and 11, is organized by the Bureau of Local Employment …

UNIFIED CONTACT TRACING. Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto virtually sign an Interconnectivity Agreement for PasigPass and ValTrace app—contact tracing solutions on Friday (Dec.4. 2020). The streamlining of the unified digital contact tracing solutions in the cities of Pasig and Valenzuela will begin on Dec. …

MANILA – Filipino mixed martial artists Jomary Torres and Rene Catalan came up short of racking up wins at ONE: Big Bang at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night. Both fighters, belonging to the Catalan Fighting System, suffered tough knockout losses in contrasting fashions. Torres was forced to play …

QR CODE SYSTEM. A security guard of a department store in Borongan City in Eastern Samar scans the QR (quick response) code of a customer in this undated photo. The city government on Friday (Dec. 4, 2020) said it already registered 103,426 names in its QR code system, meant to …

MORE RECOVERIES. A Covid-19 survivor in Palo, Leyte receives a “welcome home” cake and a certificate for completing the mandatory quarantine in this undated photo. The Department of Health on Friday (Dec. 4, 2020) reported that a total of 8,267 or 92.38 percent of coronavirus patients in Eastern Visayas have …

Britain and the European Union failed on Friday to secure a trade agreement, saying talks would be paused so negotiators could talk to politicians to get better guidance on where to go next. With less than four weeks left until Britain leaves the EU’s orbit on Dec. 31, both sides …

The health officers in six San Francisco Bay Area regions issued a new stay-at-home order Friday as the number of virus cases surge and hospitals fill. The changes will take effect for most of the area at 10 p.m. PT on Sunday and last through Jan. 4. The counties have …

This file photo shows package delivery MANILA, Philippines — Environmental advocates on Friday launched an online petition to call on e-shopping platforms to adopt practices that would reduce plastic packaging waste. Several Filipinos turned to online shopping amid the implementation of the quarantine protocols that was imposed to reduce the …

Members of the Quezon City Police District test the body cameras donated by the city government on Feb, 6, 2019. MANILA, Philippines — Police need to wear body cameras during operations, Sen. Francis Pangilinan stressed on Saturday, citing the case of peasant organizer Amanda Echanis who was arrested by police …

Catholic faithful wearing face shields have their body temperature checked prior to attending a mass at the usually packed Baclaran church in Paranaque City, suburban Manila on October 9, 2020. After months of livestreaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are beginning …