DAVAO CITY — The City Council here is set to define modalities on the disposal of single-use face masks. Councilor Mary Joselle Villafuerte, the Chairperson of the Committee on Health, in an interview with the city government-owned DCDR said she is proposing an ordinance which will define the proper disposal of single-use masks that contain […]
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Pagwarning ni Digong sa negosyante makalisang sa mga kapitalista
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW— Ang pagwarning ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte sa mga dagkong patigayon sama sa mga kompanya sa telecommunications nakapalisang kuno sa mga kapitalista. Sumala ni Martial Beck, kanhi executive vice president sa European Chamber of Commerce, lisod mokumbinse sa mga langyawng kapitalista nga dinhi sa Pilipinas aron mobubo og kapital tungod sa mga gipamulong ni […]
FM Pass ug curfew wad-on na sa Dabaw karong lunes
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW — Sugod karong Lunes, Agosto 3, walaon na ang pagamit sa food and medicine (FM) pass ug ang pagpatuman sa curfew hours dinhi sa dakbayan bisan pa man nagpabilin kini ubos sa Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ). Kini ang gi-anunsyo ni Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio niadtong Biernes sa Davao City Disaster Radio, human […]
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 […]
Government plans massive COVID-19 test, targets 10 million -IATF
DAVAO CITY –– The government plans to go on massive coronavirus testing with its one million test kits for ten million Filipinos in areas where barangay lockdown is implemented. But the Department of Health has yet to identify the areas where massive testing will take place. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday said the country […]
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. […]
PH prepares to buy 60million worth Covid-19 vaccine
DAVAO CITY— The Philippine government plans to purchase at least 60 million doses of coronavirus vaccine once it’s available, National Task Force for COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez said on Thursday. Galvez said President Rodrigo Duterte has been in touch with several leaders and embassies so the Philippines can be among the first countries to have access […]
Miss World 2020 canceled due to Covid-19
DAVAO CITY — The organizers of this year’s Miss World 2020 has decided to cancel the event due to the threat of coronavirus-19 pandemic. In a Facebook post, the Miss World organizers announced, “The 70th Miss World Final will be held in the latter part of 2021 Host Country/Venue will be confirmed very soon”. The […]
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 […]
Netizens, priests slam display of placards at Mass
MANILA – Church officials and netizens on Thursday expressed disapproval over the flashing of protest placards inside a church in Quiapo while mass is ongoing. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino, dean of San Beda Graduate School of Law and also a priest, said in a post that “these people should be arrested”. “The Mass and the Church are […]
NHA turns over 100 housing units in IP’s devastated communities by earthquake
COTABATO CITY —- The National Housing Authority through the provincial government of North Cotabato turned over 100 housing units to Indigenous Peoples (IPs), whose houses were devastated by the series of earthquakes in 2019. The housing units will be the new home for the T’boli and Blaan tribespeople in Barangay Bacung, Tulunan, North Cotabato. National Housing […]
Ex-Congressman and PBMA Founder Ruben Ecleo arrested
DAVAO CITY — Former Dinagat Islands Congressman Ruben Ecleo Jr., and “supreme master” of religious group Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, was arrested on Thursday. Ecleo Jr., 60, used an alias Manuel Riberal in the place where he was hiding. He was arrested in Lot 6, Block 8 Orosa Diamond Subdivision in Balibago Angeles City. The […]
LTO re-extends validity of vehicle registration amid Covid-19
MANILA – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday announced that it has extended the validity of registration for motor vehicles for another 30 days in consideration of delays caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In a statement, the LTO said motor vehicles with plate numbers ending in 6 or those scheduled for renewal of […]