BUTUAN CITY – Two police officers from Butuan City Police Office Station 4 (BCPO-4) were held at a gunpoint, hogtied, and killed by 10 armed men believed to be members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA). Brig. Gen. Romeo M. Caramat Jr., Police Regional Office Caraga director, identified the slain police officers as Police…
ILOILO CITY – Business groups here are seeking additional coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines as the number of infections continues to rise both in the city and province of Iloilo. Lawyer Jobert Peñaflorida, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Iloilo chapter, said on Tuesday that across the world, the recovery is…
LEGAZPI CITY – Alarmed by the surging cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Bicol during the past two months, the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) and Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) in the region have urged the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to place under enhanced community…
CEBU CITY – The city government here has conferred Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu with the Order of Rajah Humabon for his role in bringing down the cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) at the height of the pandemic last year. In a statement on Tuesday, Mayor Edgardo Labella expressed the city government’s gratitude to Cimatu…
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The city government advised the immediate reporting and consultation of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) symptoms for early diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Ryan Aplicador, deputy incident commander of the City Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, issued the call on Tuesday as some residents are reportedly…
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental provincial government has prohibited the entry of non-essential travelers from Negros Oriental between June 15 and 30 as part of the stricter response measures to curb the recent spike of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. In Executive Order (EO) 21-30, series of 2021 issued on Monday afternoon, Governor Eugenio…
