Half of the eight (8) bridges for construction by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) along Alicia-Malangas Road Province in Province of Zamboanga Sibugay are completed. DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said that these bridges are part of the 23.730 kilometers PR-06 Alicia […]
— The local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has suspended all in-bound commercial flights from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Zamboanga City effective Monday and until further notice. The suspension came amid the reimposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) […]
, March 29 (PIA) – Twelve (12) persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the province were fortunate to receive Kabuhayan Starter Kits from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently. According to Mirriam Llanos, chief of the newly established Provincial Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) in […]
The Municipal Government of Talipao, Sulu, eyes the return of communities, some of which have been displaced for more than 20 years. During an inter-agency meeting last March 17, 2021, the Talipao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMO) has resolved to repatriate internally displaced […]
Another police officer succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the police force’s death to 38. Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Philippine National Police (PNP) deputy chief for administration, said the fatality is a 46-year-old police officer assigned with the PNP-Drug Enforcement Group (DEG), who […]
Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will continue to prevail over Mindanao, and Palawan due to a low pressure area (LPA), the weather bureau said Thursday. The LPA was last tracked 105 kilometers east southeast of General Santos City. Meanwhile, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical […]
MANILA – Food delivery is allowed 24/7 in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Malacañang clarified on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this reminder after a video of a GrabFood rider being barred from delivering lugaw (hot rice porridge) went viral. “A video, which has […]
A lawmaker on Wednesday cautioned the government from using rapid antigen testing to ramp up coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing in the so-called NCR Plus. Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said rapid antigen testing is mainly used for symptomatic patients. Garin noted that asymptomatic patients who tested […]
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has welcomed and lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to allow private entities to import Covid-19 vaccines “at will”, particularly for their workers, subject to existing laws and regulations. He said the move is consistent with the government’s whole-of-nation approach in addressing […]
The Temasek Foundation of Singapore on Wednesday has donated 39 dialysis machines worth at least PHP100 million and a million pieces of surgical masks to the Philippine government. “We are here with the Philippines for the long run because we are neighbors, we are friends. […]
