The province of Bataan has been included in the high-risk areas list and will be under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) starting Sunday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced the new quarantine classification on Saturday following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the province in the past weeks. “President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the recommendation of the…
Commuters bound for the northern part of the province are now assured of a faster travel time with the opening of the newly completed by-pass road in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday announced the completion of the PHP136.294 million 1.75-kilometer road project in Barangay Tabucan. “This (bypass)…
Joint police and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives have seized another shipment of some PHP11.2 million worth of assorted smuggled cigarettes off the waters of Tumalutap Island, this city, a top police official announced Friday. This came a day after the same team of lawmen consisting of 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company (2ZCMFC) and…
The City Health Office has confirmed the first case of the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in this southern port city. However, the index case has reported back to work in the vessel he is assigned and is no longer here after undergoing isolation and experiencing a full recovery. The…
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said on Friday the agency is ready to help poor communities via its livelihood program and small-scale businesses that will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. In an interview during an online program, Lopez said they are distributing livelihood kits…
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 10 (Northern Mindanao) is set to inaugurate and turn over a total of 42 irrigation projects worth PHP1.4 billion to different provinces in the region. NIA-10 manager Jun Banaay, in an interview Friday, said the projects would service 4,000 hectares of irrigation systems. Recipients also include the provincial governments of…
