LEGAZPI CITY – Police operatives have seized five sacks of ammonium nitrate while being loaded by two men into a motorized boat docked at the port in Milagros, Masbate Monday afternoon. Maj. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Police Regional Office 5 (PRO5) spokesperson, in a statement on Tuesday said Nilo Mandaue, 51, a businessman, of Barangay Gilotongan,…
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – A total of 4,568 undernourished children in the province of Aurora have started to benefit from the nationwide School-Based Milk Feeding Program (SBFP). Dr. Ronnie Domingo, OIC Executive Director of the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Carabao Center (DA-PCC), said on Tuesday the Schools Division Office (SDO) of Aurora has begun…
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Some 19 former rebels in the province received their assistance under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) in a simple ceremony here on Tuesday. The former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) each received PHP21,000 in reintegration and PHP15,000 livelihood assistance from…
Another 110 patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the region’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported. Latest data as of Sunday night showed that the region’s recovery rate is at 85 percent or 6,479 out of a cumulative total of 7,626 infections since March last year….
The idea of incentivizing vaccination in the barangays will defeat the purpose of immunization, which is to reach the acceptable level of communal protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) through mass inoculation, a health official said on Monday. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas, said the…
The Department of Health-Region 12 (DOH-12) has stepped up preparations for inoculation of Soccksargen residents under the A4 priority group against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Arjohn Gangoso, DOH-12 health education and promotion officer, said Monday the master listing of eligible individuals is ongoing, in coordination with relevant agencies and rural health units (RHUs). Those…
