GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Two contractual employees of a local government-run hospital in Sarangani province, who allegedly doubled as drug pushers were arrested in separate anti-drug operations on Sunday. Kath Abad, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 12, said Monday the suspects were nabbed in joint entrapment operations in Alabel town, Sarangani […]
4 inmates bolt Zambo Norte jail
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police has launched manhunt operations to recapture four Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) who bolted from a detention facility in the Zamboanga del Norte town of Roxas Thursday. Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr., Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, said subjects of the manhunt and their cases are Welly Celino Catoy, 23; and Robert […]
Davao retains motorcycle barrier policy
DAVAO CITY – While motorcycle barriers are no longer required for areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), Mayor Sara Z. Duterte said the city will continue to use the protective device as part of the containment measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The latest guidelines released by the National Task Force for Covid-19 no […]
Police trainee, 2 others latest Covid-19 patients in BARMM
COTABATO CITY – A 22-year-old police trainee is one of the three new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), health officials said Thursday. Dr. Elizabeth Samama, Maguindanao health chief said the police trainee is now isolated in Covid-19 Ligtas Center inside the Police Regional Office (PRO)-BARMM in Parang, Maguindanao. […]
Sandigan upholds conviction of NFA worker in P5-M malversation
MANILA – The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the ruling of an Albay court convicting a local National Food Authority (NFA) employee for malversation over failure to account for more than PHP5 million worth of missing stocks. In a 16-page decision, the Sandiganbayan’s 1st Division, through Associate Justice Geraldine Faith A. Econg, upheld the judgment of the Ligao […]
CA turns down Ressa’s plea to travel to US
MANILA – The Court of Appeals (CA) has turned down a plea by Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa to travel abroad pending an appeal of her libel conviction before a Manila court. In a seven-page resolution dated August 18, the appellate court’s Special 14th Division through Associate Justice Geraldine C. Fiel-Macaraig said, while the lower […]
PRRD wants to visit quake victims in Masbate
MANILA – Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte wants to visit residents affected by the 6.6 earthquake which rocked Masbate province on Tuesday morning. In a virtual press briefing on Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said, even if Duterte is more than willing to fly to Masbate, it remains to be seen whether his close-in security would […]
DSWD to LGUs: submit list of pending SAP recipients until August 19
MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday said local government units (LGUs) that have not submitted their list of low-income families to be validated as social amelioration program (SAP) beneficiaries have until Wednesday to comply. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista, in a virtual presser, said the agency returned more than 200,000 […]
DILG chief tests positive anew for Covid-19
MANILA – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Sunday said he tested positive again for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Año said in a statement that he began experiencing flu-like symptoms including sore throat and body aches on Aug. 13, prompting him to undergo reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) the following […]
NorMin prepares to reopen tourism industry
MANILA – Northern Mindanao has been gearing up to reopen the region’s tourism industry to local tourists amid the prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Department of Tourism (DOT) Northern Mindanao Director May Salvaña-Unchuan emphasized the importance of complying with minimum health standards before tourism establishments are allowed to reopen. “Sa buong region, ang mga [local government units] din, mahigpit […]
Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Sultan Kudarat
MANILA – A magnitude 5.1 quake hit Sultan Kudarat Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The tectonic quake struck 66 kilometers southwest of the municipality of Kalamansig at 3:22 p.m. It had a depth focus of 586 kilometers. There were no reported intensities and Phivolcs said it is not expecting damages […]
PH bans chicken imports from Brazil
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on the import of poultry meat from Brazil as a precautionary measure after the detection of SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), in chicken wings imported from the country. The ban was contained in a memorandum order that was signed […]
IATF, NTF to set up ‘model’ barangays to lead vs. Covid-19
MANILA — The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IAFT-EID) headed by the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the National Task Force against Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), will be establishing model barangays to lead the implementation of the five-point containment strategy for Covid-19 to be followed by all local government units. In an exclusive […]