DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Maguindanao – Nords Sabiwang, a fisherman living in the coastal village of Matuber here and other fisher folks, had been trying to improve their catch when he noticed a huge group of fish few meters from the shoreline. It was Friday morning in Barangay Matuber when suddenly a huge army of tulingan […]
Environment
GCQ no longer the new normal: IATF-EID
MANILA – There can only be a “new normal” when areas in the country are no longer placed under community quarantine, according to the revised guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). “Areas, where no community quarantine is in place, can be considered as being under the new […]
Duterte to Filipinos, follow COVID protocol
DAVAO CITY —- As the world has yet to provide a vaccine to cure the coronavirus pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday asked the Filipino people to follow the advice of the health experts and the Covid-19 protocol. In a televised meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force which was aired Tuesday morning, Duterte said the […]
Dead whale discovered floating in Surigao Sur
BUTUAN CITY – Residents of a fishing village in Hinatuan town, Surigao del Sur, found a floating dead whale Saturday morning. Surigao del Sur Provincial Police Office (SDSPPO) director Col. James Goforth said personnel of Hinatuan Municipal Police Office (HMPO) was alerted of the floating carcass discovered by fishermen at around 6:10 a.m. in Sitio Gacubay, […]
BARMM’s COVID-19 testing facility up for accreditation
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) laboratory facility for Covid-19 testing, through the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC), is now on its stage 3 of the accreditation process. In a press statement released on Thursday, May 7, BARMM information office quoted Health Minister Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuansaying “Nasa stage 3 […]
Sarangani raises alarm over rising sea turtle deaths
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Environment personnel in Sarangani have raised alarm over the rising cases of deaths since last year of the critical sea turtles or “pawikan” in parts of the province’s coastal areas. Dr. Roy Mejorada, the in-house veterinarian of the Sarangani Environmental Conservation and Protection Center, said Monday they have asked the Protected Area […]
105 Cops already infected with Covid-19
MANILA – The number of Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel found positive of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has reached 105, an official said on Saturday. In a statement, PNP Health Service Director, Brig. Gen. Herminio Tadeo Jr. said seven more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in recent tests by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine […]
Newborn in Cebu City tests positive for coronavirus
CEBU CITY – Health authorities in Central Visayas are now investigating a “unique” case of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) transmission to a newborn infant in this city. “The presence of a newborn case in the region needs further validation on how transmission occurred since the mother tested negative,” Dr. Jaime Bernadas, Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas […]
99 stranded persons in NCot boundary sent home
DAVAO CITY –— Some 99 stranded individuals at the boundary of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur were allowed to go home after spending 14-day mandatory quarantine. On Monday, the health team released the clearance of 31 individuals, and they are now with their families following health protocol. As of yesterday, only 33 individuals are […]
Davao Mayor offers 1-yr salary for SPMC frontliners
DAVAO CITY — City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has offered her one-year salary amounting to P2.1 million to a trust fund to help the frontliners of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) who have been tested positive of the coronavirus. Duterte-Carpio made the offer after SPMC Chief Dr. Leopoldo Vega revealed that 12 of 300 medical […]
CDO teen dies of Covid-19 in Davao hospital
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — An 18-year-old resident of this city died inside the government health facility in Davao City after contracting the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19). This was bared by Dr. Ian Gonzales of the Department of Health-10 (DOH-10) on Monday during the regular press briefing organized by the local government. Gonzales, chief of the […]
Coronavirus cases in Davao region hits 90
DAVAO CITY — The coronavirus pandemic in Davao region has soared to 90 as of April 11, says the Department of Health (DOH) Xl. As of 5:00 pm, April 10, the DOH Davao Center for Health Development reports three new cases of COVID-19 in Davao City, which brings the total number of cases in the […]
Magnitude 5.5. quake hits DavOcc
MANILA – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Davao Occidental on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The tectonic quake struck 141 km. southeast of the municipality of Jose Abad Santos at 2:45 a.m. It had a depth of 52 kilometers. Intensity 2 was recorded in Kiamba, Alabel, and Malungon, Sarangani; and Intensity 1 […]