Credit to Author: Cris Diaz| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:18:52 +0000
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental: Local government unit (LGU) and health officials in this port capital of Northern Mindanao have adopted ways to prevent the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in the region. Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano said the provincial government was acquiring thermal scanners for distribution to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Franz Lewin Embudo| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:11:49 +0000
A Cabinet official on Tuesday said the government was ready to permanently relocate 5,000 families living within the 7-kilometer radius danger zone of Taal Volcano. Secretary Karlos Nograles disclosed that the government had already identified housing units ready for occupancy of about 5,000 families or 25,000 people. “So, the way this administration, the government, works […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:08:16 +0000
Social Security System (SSS) members and pensioners who were affected by the recent eruption of Taal Volcano have been given more time to avail of the state-run pension fund’s Calamity Assistance Package (CAP). In a statement on Tuesday, the SSS announced that it extended the availment period for the CAP until April 21, 2020 from […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Ernie B. Esconde| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:05:20 +0000
BALANGA City, Bataan: The health officer here on Tuesday said this city were and the whole of Bataan were still free from the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) although there were two persons under investigation (PUI). “As of now, Balanga and Bataan per se are still nCoV-free, [we don’t have] confirmed cases, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Frederick Silverio| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:03:44 +0000
POLICE arrested a 35-year-old suspected gunrunner in Barangay Cullianin in Plaridel, Bulacan, on Tuesday afternoon. Provincial police director Col. Emma Libunao identified the suspect as Israel Jake Buhain. Plaridel police led by Lt. Col. Victorino Valdez raided the house of the suspect around 2:30 p.m. They were armed with a search warrant issued by Judge […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jerry Hernandez| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:01:38 +0000
THE Bureau of Treasury (BTr) urged the public to start investing through the retail treasury bonds (RTBs) before the deadline on February 6. BTr Region 3 (Central Luzon) Director Irene Jonson said treasury bonds, specifically RTBs, are peso debt instruments designed for retail investors, and are part of the government’s efforts to support financial inclusion […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Darwin Pesco| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:15:30 +0000
Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday that two inmates of the New Bilibid Prison plotted the killing of former Batangas Second District Rep. Edgar Mendoza and his two companions on January 8. Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Director Maj. Gen. Joel Napoleon Coronel in a press briefing in Camp Crame, Quezon City identified the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Asangan T. Madale| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 16:10:36 +0000
KAMPO RANAO, Marawi City: Malacañang has announced that Saudi Arabia would help in developing the newly created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Riyadh also vowed to continue its peace initiatives in Mindanao, the Palace said. The Philippine government, according to Malacañang, has asked Saudi Arabia’s help to ensure the success of the BARMM […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Antonio P. Rimando| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:10:07 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Close to 350,000 old-age and disability pensioners of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) are scheduled to receive P3 billion in Christmas gift starting December 15, a top agency official announced here recently. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, Zamboanga-born GSIS chairman and acting president and general manager, disclosed here during his recent hometown visit that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:29:45 +0000
ENVIRONMENT group Greenpeace has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a “climate emergency” declaration following the pounding suffered by the Bicol Region from Typhoon “Tisoy” (international name: “Kammuri”). Along with other activists and youth climate strikers, Greenpeace members marched on Thursday to Mendiola in Manila to deliver an open letter asking Duterte to immediately […]
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