Davao City has registered zero firecracker injuries or deaths during the New Year’s celebration. Mayor Inday Sara Duterte credited this to the strict implementation of the ban against firecrackers and pyrotechnic materials in Davao by the Davao City Police Office and Task Force Davao. She also thanked the Dabawenyos for cooperating with the authorities by […]
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DOH : 60percent drop in firecracker-related incidents
MANILA, Philippines – The Health department recorded all time low fireworks-related incidents as Filipinos welcome 2017. Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-Ubial on January1, reported 350 cases “a 60 percent lower than the five-year average from 2011 to 2016.” She added “This is lower than the 5-year average of 2011-2015 and lower than in the previous […]
ARMM okays P10.1B worth of infra projects in 2017
Cotabato City (December 16, 2016) – A total of P10.1 billion worth of infrastructure projects are expected to be implemented in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2017. Governor Mujiv Hataman and regional legislators signed Public Works Act of 2017 on Thursday, December 15, that authorizes the appropriation of P10.1 billion for infrastructure […]
DAR-ARMM confers 237 land ownership certificates to CARP beneficiaries in Siasi, Sulu
COTABATO CITY (December 26, 2016) – A total of 237 Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) were conferred today to beneficiaries under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in the town of Siasi in Sulu. In a ceremony led by regional Agrarian Reform Secretary Amihilda Sangcopan, agrarian reform partners from Tulling Farm Workers Multi-Purpose Cooperative […]