The city government starting Wednesday will provide financial subsidy to moderate and severe Covid-19 patient-residents confined in various hospitals here. Mayor Joseph Evangelista said the program is intended for all moderate and severe cases of patients – indigent, low-, middle-, and upper-income earners of the city – who will be confined in all partner medical…
Around 500 employees of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) received their jabs on Wednesday at the La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) in Mandaluyong City. The kick-off vaccination of the company was through the national government’s coronavirus task force and Mandaluyong City government. In his speech, SMC president and CEO Ramon Ang told his staff to choose…
The Marine Battalion Landing Team-7 (MBLT-7) together with the Municipal Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (MTF-ELAC) of Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu launched a Local Social Integration Program (LSIP) to encourage former Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits to embrace a new and productive life. Col. Hernani Songano, 4th Marine Brigade commander, said Wednesday the…
The information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry in Cebu is projected to continue growing as among the key economic drivers in the southern economic powerhouse amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. This projection was shared by Cebu IT BPM.Organization (CIB.O) president Pert Cabataña on Wednesday during a press briefing on the upcoming 2021Transformation Summit…
The Iloilo Provincial African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force has confiscated and disposed of 627 assorted items with “pork ingredients” for violating Provincial Ordinance number 2021-250, which was first enforced in March this year. The items were confiscated from various supermarkets in the province and the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan on June 8 and…
The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office is now in the process of disinfecting African swine fever (ASF)-infected areas and initiating hog repopulation on a small scale in selected areas. This after the DA has not recorded new cases of ASF in a month already, DA Ilocos Region director Nestor Domenden said in an interview…
