The City Health Office here has urged the public to maintain wearing face shields as an additional protective gear against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). CHO resident epidemiologist Dr. Teodulfo Joselito Retuya underscored the importance of wearing face shields as the city is currently under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) due to Covid-19 surge. “It has…
A year of mourning was declared by Digos City Mayor Josef Cagas over the death of his uncle, Davao del Sur Gov. Douglas Ralota Cagas. The period of mourning will be from June 10, 2021 to June 10, 2022, Cagas, 77, died on June 10 due to Covid-19 complications. Mayor Cagas said the cityhood of…
MANILA – Less than a week after the New People’s Army (NPA)-planted anti-personnel mine (APM) blast on June 6, the Masbate City Health Office released the results of an autopsy conducted on the two fatalities. In a Facebook post of 101.5 Brigada New FM Sorsogon at 6:41 of June 11, the autopsy result showed that…
MANILA– A Filipino diplomat at the Philippine Consulate General in New York was verbally assaulted by an unknown individual in a train on her way to the office last Friday. “One of our colleagues at the Philippine Consulate General in New York became the latest victim of anti-Asian hate. Our colleague, a female consular officer,…
The finest products made out of bamboo will be showcased in a week-long 1st Mindanao Bamboo Expo scheduled from Sept. 15 to 19 in the Robinsons Place Mall in Valencia City, Bukidnon. The bamboo expo is a project of the newly-organized Mindanao Bamboo Industry Development Council (MBIDC) which is supported by the Mindanao Development Authority…
About 180,000 fourth graders and teachers from at least 3,600 schools nationwide were chosen as beneficiaries of jump ropes through the joint project of an energy drink company, Department of Education (DepEd), and Philippine Jump Rope Association (PJRA). The Jump Rope for the Public School System project aims to complement academic development with physical fitness…
