DIPOLOG CITY – ‘I was shooed like a dog,’ says ABS-CBN stringer Dynah Diestro after she was driven out of Zambo del Norte governor’s office Thursday morning. Local media practitioners here condemn Zamboanga del Norte Governor Roberto Y. Uy’s shooing away from the Office of the Governor of an ABS-CBN stringer, who was covering the visit […]
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Senate approves Marawi Compensation bill boosts recovery efforts
MANILA – The Senate’s approval of the Marawi Compensation Bill is a huge boost to the recovery efforts of the Lanao del Sur city devastated by the 2017 siege Senate Bill 2420, or the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act, aims to provide compensation for the loss or destruction of private properties brought about by the five-month […]
BI to deport Sokor fugitive wanted for telephone fraud
Davao City –— The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of another South Korean fugitive wanted by authorities in his country for engaging in telephone fraud that victimized many of their compatriots. In a report to the Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) said 43-year-old Yi Younggwi was arrested last […]
Customs confiscates P16m worth of smuggled cigarettes
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Custom on Friday confiscated loads of smuggled cigarettes from China. The Customs uncovered that the container earlier declared as used furniture turned out to be smuggled cigattes. The Customs is a statement said the shipment, estimated to be worth P8 million, was intercepted at the Mindanao Container […]
Civil Defense spends P139-million for Odette relief operations
The government has provided a total of P139 million worth of food and non-food relief goods to the survivors of Typhoon Odette as of January 17, an official of the country’s civil defense agency reported on Monday. In his report to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Assistant Secretary Hernando Caraig Jr. […]
PSA XI conducts 2nd visit of the 2021 family income and expenditure survey
DAVAO CITY —Regional Statistical Services Office XI will conduct the Visit 2 of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) on 10 to 31 January 2022 in all provinces of the Region. It is a rider survey to the January 2022 Labor Force Survey (LFS). The FIES is a nationwide household-based survey conducted every […]
Power coop cuts supply at Kidapawan Hall of Justice
DAVAO CITY — The Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) has cut-off the power supply at the Hall of Justice in Kidapawan City for failure to settle the P300,000 accumulated power bills. On Thursday, the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) in Kidapawan City asked its clients for understanding as its operation is jeopardized due to power problem. It […]
Pres’l yacht turned floating hospital serves ‘Odette’ victims
MANILA – The presidential yacht BRP Ang Pangulo that has been transformed into a floating hospital, has served patients from isolated areas in the Dinagat Islands, one of the provinces devastated by Typhoon Odette in December. About 233 residents of six communities in the islands of Capaquian and Sibanac, who were treated by the medical team […]
Government to go on barangay vaccination in 2022
DAVAO CITY — The government will conduct immunization and vaccination drive in barangays as it focus on immunizing the unvaccinated population including school-aged children and providing booster shots to medical and economic frontliners this year. Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez said to achieve these, the government will carry out mobile, barangay-to-barangay vaccinations, which Galvez said, were […]
Duterte signs P5-Trillion 2022 national budget
DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday signed into law the P5-trillion 2022 National Budget. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Malacanang, President Duterte said the 2022 budget reaffirms the government’s strong commitment to improve the living condition in the country. “This will also cement this administration’s legacy of real change for future generations, […]
Bangsamoro Parliament OKs 2022 BARMM budget
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Parliament passed the proposed P79.862 billion 2022 budget of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, a 6% increase from the total fund source amounting to P75.6 billion in 2021. By a vote of 59-0-0, members of Parliament approved the Bangsamoro Expenditure Program for 2022 on third and final reading, […]
Navy sets up floating hospital in Siargao
DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Navy sets up a floating hospital via BRP Ang Pangulo (ACS25) and is now serving the medical needs of the residents of Siargao’ Siargao, the used to be international surfing destination has become the ground zero of typhoon Odette (international name : Rai) The Presidential ship, which has been repurposed […]
Lotto Patrons – PCSO’s partners in saving lives
“Salamat po sa lahat ng mananaya ng Lotto. Kayo po ‘yong aming hero, kayo po ‘yong katuwang ng PCSO para madugtungan ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan na higit na nangangailangan ng pinansyal para po makabili ng mga gamot (To all Lotto patrons, thank you very much. You are our heroes. You are the PCSO’s partners in helping save the lives of […]