Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:57:05 +0000
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) on Wednesday reminded government agencies to provide express lanes for persons with disabilities (PWDs).
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Read moreCredit to Author: nguno| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 09:59:55 +0000
A rabbi from New Jersey was not sentenced to 12 years in jail because of the “goodwill” he spread with his work with special needs students.
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Read moreCredit to Author: nguno| Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:00:42 +0000
In Gaza’s first football team for amputees, most players are either born disabled or lost limbs in the three wars between Israel and Hamas.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:16:19 +0000
Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday has appealed to the public that online challenges, which stigmatizes and discriminates against persons with disabilities (PWDs), be promptly stopped.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:55:22 +0000
According to the boy’s mother, his teacher forcefully grabbed her son Alan by the wrist and bent it backward during a meltdown.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 06:13:04 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The plan of Skyway Corporation to ban non-radio-frequency identification (RFID) vehicles from using the Skyway’s Doña Soledad (Bicutan) and Dr. A. Santos (Sucat) exits is not only “uncalled for” but “smacks of the company’s lack of concern to motorists” and a “violation of its obligations” with its authority to operate its toll facilities, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said Tuesday.
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Read moreTHE House of Representatives approved on second reading a bill mandating Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) coverage for all persons with disabilities (PWDs). House Bill 8014 was approved via “viva voce” or voice vote during the plenary session on Wednesday. The bill requires all PWDs to be covered by the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) of […]
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