CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Custom on Friday confiscated loads of smuggled cigarettes from China. The Customs uncovered that the container earlier declared as used furniture turned out to be smuggled cigattes. The Customs is a statement said the shipment, estimated to be worth P8 million, was intercepted at the Mindanao Container […]
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Civil Defense spends P139-million for Odette relief operations
The government has provided a total of P139 million worth of food and non-food relief goods to the survivors of Typhoon Odette as of January 17, an official of the country’s civil defense agency reported on Monday. In his report to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Assistant Secretary Hernando Caraig Jr. […]
PSA XI conducts 2nd visit of the 2021 family income and expenditure survey
DAVAO CITY —Regional Statistical Services Office XI will conduct the Visit 2 of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) on 10 to 31 January 2022 in all provinces of the Region. It is a rider survey to the January 2022 Labor Force Survey (LFS). The FIES is a nationwide household-based survey conducted every […]
Power coop cuts supply at Kidapawan Hall of Justice
DAVAO CITY — The Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) has cut-off the power supply at the Hall of Justice in Kidapawan City for failure to settle the P300,000 accumulated power bills. On Thursday, the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) in Kidapawan City asked its clients for understanding as its operation is jeopardized due to power problem. It […]
Pres’l yacht turned floating hospital serves ‘Odette’ victims
MANILA – The presidential yacht BRP Ang Pangulo that has been transformed into a floating hospital, has served patients from isolated areas in the Dinagat Islands, one of the provinces devastated by Typhoon Odette in December. About 233 residents of six communities in the islands of Capaquian and Sibanac, who were treated by the medical team […]
Government to go on barangay vaccination in 2022
DAVAO CITY — The government will conduct immunization and vaccination drive in barangays as it focus on immunizing the unvaccinated population including school-aged children and providing booster shots to medical and economic frontliners this year. Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez said to achieve these, the government will carry out mobile, barangay-to-barangay vaccinations, which Galvez said, were […]
Duterte signs P5-Trillion 2022 national budget
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday signed into law the P5-trillion 2022 National Budget. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Malacanang, President Duterte said the 2022 budget reaffirms the government’s strong commitment to improve the living condition in the country. “This will also cement this administration’s legacy of real change for future generations, […]
Bangsamoro Parliament OKs 2022 BARMM budget
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Parliament passed the proposed P79.862 billion 2022 budget of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, a 6% increase from the total fund source amounting to P75.6 billion in 2021. By a vote of 59-0-0, members of Parliament approved the Bangsamoro Expenditure Program for 2022 on third and final reading, […]
Navy sets up floating hospital in Siargao
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Navy sets up a floating hospital via BRP Ang Pangulo (ACS25) and is now serving the medical needs of the residents of Siargao’ Siargao, the used to be international surfing destination has become the ground zero of typhoon Odette (international name : Rai) The Presidential ship, which has been repurposed […]
Lotto Patrons – PCSO’s partners in saving lives
“Salamat po sa lahat ng mananaya ng Lotto. Kayo po ‘yong aming hero, kayo po ‘yong katuwang ng PCSO para madugtungan ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan na higit na nangangailangan ng pinansyal para po makabili ng mga gamot (To all Lotto patrons, thank you very much. You are our heroes. You are the PCSO’s partners in helping save the lives of […]
17k quake victims in DavSur get housing aid
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI has already disbursed ₱288,990,185 to 17,124 out of 36,270 beneficiaries in five (5) municipalities of Davao del Sur under its Comprehensive Aid to Repair Earthquake Damage (CARED) program as of November 22. The program consists of two components – the Emergency […]
Davao City opens 24/7 Covid-19 clinic
DAVAO CITY — The city government it partnership with private groups will open tomorrow. December 6, its first 24/7 Covid-19 Cluster Clinic at Doña Vicenta Village, Bajada further enhancing the city’s response to the evolving coronavirus pandemic. The clinic is the first among the eight clinics which the city government is set to establish to […]
PNP XI’s first ambulatory clinic operation, a success
DAVAO CITY — The medical staff of the Philippine National Police XI (PNP) marked a milestone after the successful operation of a lady police officer who suffered from breast cancer inside their ambulatory clinic on Wednesday morning, November 24. PBrigGen. Filmore Escobal, the PNP regional director told Newsline that the operation of the 46-year old […]