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KOICA partners with World Vision to address teenage pregnancy

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  Teenage pregnancy has been a longstanding concern that many countries face to this day. I remember when I was younger, my parents highlighted especially for me being the only daughter the complications of getting pregnant at a very young age. The taboos, consequences and also what I will miss if I do things a young person should never do. I was blessed to be able to take part in a little get together along with other members of the media to know more about the study that was created with World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. In ASEAN member states, the Philippines has one of the highest adolescent birth rates where according to 2019 World Bank data, the country has 55 births annually per 1,000 women aged 15-24 have already begun childbearing, according to a 2021 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study. Being pregn

Quezon City Launches Care to Right Card- a landmark initiative to acknowledge rights for LGBTQIA+ Couples.

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Queer life partners in the city will soon be able to legally decide for each other with regards to healthcare matters. I remember one of my closest friend and his partner were in an accident - his partner had to get a procedure done but since he is does not have the power to be able to help him make decisions, we had to call his parents that were in California at that time. It was so hard but thankfully we were able to do it. Thankfully the Quezon City Government has launched the Right to Care Card that will empower resident queer couples to make medical decisions for their partners.  The Right to Care card will be made operational through a Special Power of Attorney (SPA) and will recognize the decision of the card holders to agree, refuse, or withdraw consent of any type of medical care for their partners including treatment, procedures, tests, and prescriptions.  As a vocal ally of the LGBTQIA+ community and equality champion, Mayor Joy Belmonte expresses the importance of this init

CIIT College of Arts and Technology Launches Next-level Courses Tailor-made For Next Generation Business Innovators and Technology Entrepreneurs.

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The CIIT College of Arts and Technology recently launched two new next-level courses for the coming school year claimed by its top  official  as tailor-made for the next generation of business innovators and technology entrepreneurs.  Being in the Digital age, everyone is wired in some way to be a creator. And in CIIT College of Arts and Technology's programs clearly resonate these that will equip future movers and shakers in any industry they chose.  I was able to check out one of their campuses and got a wonderful tour of their Interweave Tower in Kamuning Quezon City from the school President himself - Sherwin O along with selected members of the media last March 9, 2023.  With its latest programs - Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship and Senior High School- Accounting, Business, and Managerment (ABM) Strand can definitely provide substantial knowledge and skills to the future leaders.  O said the new courses complete the next-level educational ecosystem of the technology-dr