SM Hotels & Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) is using hospitality training to help Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) build skills, find jobs, and prepare for reintegration into society.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) are jointly rolling out a farm-centered livelihood initiative designed to turn former communist rebels and Moro separatist fighters into productive farmers, with high-value crops pili and ube leading the proposed enterprise options.
Alas Pilipinas’ girls fought Japan to the edge before running into the hard wall of international experience, falling in straight sets at the FIVB U17 World Championship in Chile and missing a chance to climb into the tournament’s 9th-to-12th-place bracket.