COTABATO CITY – A total of 3,286 farmer-beneficiaries in two agricultural towns in North Cotabato will receive next week their certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). DAR Secretary John Castriciones, representing President Rodrigo Duterte, will lead the distribution of 4,463 hectares of reservation areas under the University of Southern […]
Mati ‘Bantay Karne’ ops seize illegally sold pork products
DAVAO CITY – The series of “Bantay Karne” operations in Mati City, Davao Oriental, have resulted in the seizure of 290 packs of pork-based products early this week, the city government said Thursday. Mati City information officer Ben Jason Tesiorna said the “Bantay Karne” drive was part of the city’s effort to prevent the entry of […]
DepEd reminds teachers: No need to buy gadgets
MANILA — Despite the shift towards other alternative learning delivery modes, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday reminded teachers that there is no urgent need to buy laptops or computers. Undersecretary Alain Pascua clarified that despite the availability of online learning as a teaching mode this coming school year, there is no urgent need […]
89 ‘motorcycle barrier’ violators in NoCot fined
KIDAPAWAN CITY–Eighty-nine motorcycle drivers were fined in North Cotabato since the Aug. 1 implementation of the “No barrier, No back ride” policy issued by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Data from the North Cotabato Police Provincial Office showed that of the total, 47 motorcycle drivers who failed to install the required […]
DOJ gives cops in Sulu shooting 10 days to refute raps
MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the policemen implicated in the shooting of four army intelligence officers in Jolo, Sulu on June 29 to answer criminal charges filed against them within 10 days. Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said the prosecutors released subpoenas on Monday, giving the parties “ten days to submit counter affidavits […]
PRRD heeds front-liners’ call; reverts NCR, other areas to MECQ
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has reverted Metro Manila to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from Aug. 4 to 18 as coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the country exceeded 100,000. In a late-night public address on Sunday, Duterte approved the recommendation of his Cabinet to return to a more stringent quarantine status in response to medical […]
Marawi hostage survivors pay tribute to Fr. Chito Soganub
ILIGAN CITY – Two of hundreds of survivors of the Marawi siege faced the public here on Saturday to pay tribute to Fr. Teresito “Chito” Soganub, the Filipino priest who survived four-month captivity in the hands of the Maute-ISIS in 2017. The Pakigdait, Inc., VSO Philippines, and other civil society organizations and religious organizations in Iligan […]
PH posts $1.9-B net receipts in H1
MANILA – The national government (NG) registered net receipts amounting to USD1.928 billion in the first half of 2020. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that total foreign exchange inflows from January to end-June reached USD8.203 billion, while foreign exchange disbursement amounted to USD6.275 billion during the same period. Bulk of the inflows […]
DTI secures new funding for MSME loan program
MANILA – Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the Small Business (SB) Corp., the financing arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has been able to secure fresh funding for the Covid-19 Assistance to Restart Enterprises (CARES) program to assist the recovery of small-scale businesses. Lopez said government financial institutions Land Bank of the Philippines […]
260 Basilan LSIs in Maguindanao sent home
COTABATO CITY–At least 260 locally-stranded individuals have been sent home Friday from Maguindanao to the island-province of Basilan via a chartered boat, the Rapid Emergency And Disaster Response-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (READi-BARMM) here said. Myrna Jocelyn Henry, speaking for READi-BARMM, said the LSIs will be transported from Polloc Port in Parang, Maguindanao to […]
Minors with special needs, foreign parents can enter PH
MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed Filipino children with special needs, as well as the foreign parents of minor Filipino nationals, who have Philippine visas, to visit the country amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. The IATF-EID’s latest decision was contained in its Resolution 60 […]
Fines await motorcycle back riding violators starting Aug. 1
MANILA – The Joint Task Force (JTF) Covid Shield said there will be no more extension for the installation of protective barriers on motorcycles as police officers were directed to apprehended and fine violators beginning Saturday (August 1). “For more than three weeks, we were just warning and advising the violators to comply until July 31. […]
Zambo City builds P20-M Covid-19 testing laboratory
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A city government-owned testing laboratory for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) will be operational next month to help address the pandemic, a health official said Thursday. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said Thursday the PHP20-million laboratory that is being built in Barangay San Roque here can perform 300 tests daily. Miravite said […]