MANILA – The government has allotted over PHP12 billion to help Filipino workers here and abroad who were affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Tuesday. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the funds were used in three major programs of the Duterte administration to assist formal […]
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DBM submits proposed P4.5-T 2021 nat’l budget to House
MANILA – The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Tuesday submitted to the House of Representatives the National Expenditure Program (NEP) for Fiscal Year 2021 amounting to PHP4.506 trillion. The proposed 2021 national budget is 9.9 percent higher than the PHP4.1-trillion appropriations for 2020 and equivalent to 21.8 percent of the gross domestic Product (GDP). […]
RJ Jacinto sworn in as DICT undersecretary
MANILA – Filipino businessman Ramon “RJ” Jacinto has been formally sworned in as an undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). In a statement on Tuesday, the DICT said Jacinto has been appointed as the Undersecretary for Government Digital Broadcast Television and the Digitization of the Entertainment Industry Sector and took his oath […]
MisOcc Covid-19 isolation facility gi-abri na
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW – Pormal nang giabrihan sa publiko niadtong Martes, Agosto 25, ang bag-ong coronavirus-19 (Covid-19) isolation facility sa Barangay Gata, Jimenez, Misamis Occidental. Ang non-aircon facility ug adunay 35 ka mga higdaanan, humok nga kama, unlan ug habol aduna sab personal hygiene kit, lingkuranan, lamesa, ug kasilyas. Gitambungan ni Misamis Occidental Governor Philip […]
Task Force Davao tightens city borders
DAVAO CITY — After the twin bombings in Jolo on Monday, August 24, the Task Force Davao has tightened its borders including the sea, land, and water terminals. “We strengthened our borders and all entry and exit points,” says Task Force Davao commander Col. Consolito Yecla in an interview with Newsline.ph, adding that “the three […]
Duterte to DOJ: to look into ‘troublesome’ Bureau of Customs
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday asked the Department of Justice to look into anomalies hounding the Bureau of Customs, noting that it is one of the “most corrupt” government agencies historically. Duterte made this remark after BOC Commissioner Rey Leonardo “Jagger” Guerrero fired his own Chief of Staff, Teodoro Jumamil, due to allegations […]
93% of public schools have devices for online learning: DepEd
MANILA – About 93 percent of public schools nationwide already have devices that will be used in the online learning modality for the school year 2020-2021, an education official reported Monday. “There are 1,042,575 devices in 43,948 public schools all over the country. These are computers, laptops, tablets that can be used by learners. Additionally, we’ll […]
Radyo ni Juan employees dissent sudden closure and dismissal amid COVID-19 crisis
DAVAO CITY—The employees of 94.7 Radyo ni Juan Davao (RNJ) has expressed dissent to the sudden company closure and their dismissal from work by their employer, Infomedia Resources Management (INFORM) Inc., at the height of the COVID19 outbreak. Station’s News Director Efren Armilla said in a statement, the group called the closure as bogus with an […]
2 gov’t hospital workers nabbed in Sarangani drug bust
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 […]
16 na ka pulis ang namatay sa Covid-19
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW – Usa na usab ka opisyal sa pulisya ang namatay tungod sa sakit nga coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19), siya ang ika-16 nga namatay tungod sa pandemya. Ang labing bag-ong datos sa PNP nga gipagawas niadtong Domingo, namatay niadtong Agosto 17 ang usa ka 52-anyos nga pulis nga nadestino sa National Administrative Unit/Police National […]
Total lockdown in Jolo after twin bombings
DAVAO CITY — Jolo City Mayor Kerkhar S. Tan on Monday afternoon ordered the total lockdown of Jolo town, following the two bombings which killed six soldiers and a suspected suicide bomber in broad daylight. In an advisory from the chief executive, released at 2:30 in the afternoon Monday, it states “Total lockdown in the […]
6 soldiers, a suicide bomber killed, 20 wounded in Jolo twin explosions
DAVAO CITY — Six soldiers and a suspected lady suicide bomber were killed while twenty others were wounded in two separate explosions in Jolo, Sulu at about 11:53 Monday morning, August 24. Maj. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, commander of the Western Mindanao Command in an interview with Newsline.ph said the two separate units of the military […]
17 cop trainees who survived COVID-19 donate plasma
DAVAO CITY — Seventeen police trainees who survived the deadly coronavirus-19 pandemic donated their convalescent plasma to help those critically-ill patients. Philippine National Police (PNP) Training Service) director, Brig. Gen. Alex Sintin in a statement said the 17 police trainees of the Regional Special Training Unit (RSTU) 3 have fully recovered from COVID-19. On July […]