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May 16, 2024
President Rodrigo Duterte will visit soldiers who were injured in the Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 plane crash that killed 47 soldiers and three civilians in Sulu, Malacañang said on Monday. “If plans push through po, mukhang daraan po ang ating Presidente sa Zamboanga to visit some of those na nasa ospital po (it looks like the President will drop by Zamboanga to visit some of those in the hospital),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing. Roque said the President extends his condolences to the families of those killed in the plane crash in Patikul, Sulu.
A man wanted for murder and believed to be a Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebel was killed over the weekend in an encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. The fatality was identified as Randy Tapales who, the Guihulngan police said, had two existing warrants of arrest and is also the suspect in the killing of a soldier in July 2020, a media release from the Philippine Army stated Monday. The firefight that lasted for about five minutes took place around 7 p.m. on Sunday in the hinterlands
The city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar lifted on Sunday the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status with fewer people getting infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). This after the local government placed the city under MECQ from June 13 to 26 and was extended for seven days until July 4 due to the surge of Covid-19 cases here in the past three weeks. Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda set new general protocols and guidelines that city residents had to observe, including those entering Borongan City border. “The new protocols and guidelines still direct all city residents to strictly
Senators offered condolences to the families of 47 soldiers who died when a Philippine Air Force (PAF) Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport plane crashed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday. Three civilians on the ground were also killed. At the same, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said in a statement on Monday that the unfortunate incident is a wake-up call to further modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines. “I have to wait for the results of the investigation before I lay the blame on our antiquated military aircraft. But perhaps, it is about time that we in the legislature take a
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he hopes more Bacolodnons will get vaccinated after seeing him complete the two doses of AstraZeneca jab as an added protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “I hope I can serve as an example to encourage vaccine confidence further,” he said in a statement on Monday. Leonardia received his second dose on July 3 at the Bacolod City Government Center vaccination hub after taking the first shot in the same venue on April 17. “I’m happy to report to our people that I have complied with our local and national vaccination plans,” he said. Leonardia
The provincial government hopes that concerned parties — members of the indigenous peoples (IPs), and Hedcor Inc. of Aboitiz Power will soon sit down and start the re-negotiation that will allow the resumption of operation of the 11.4-megawatt (MW) run-off river hydropower plant in the town of Bakun, this province. Governor Melchor Diclas on Monday said in the Ilocano dialect, “we hope that they meet and negotiate soon so that they can fix the problem.” “The more electricity is produced, the better it is for the parties, host communities, and the electric consumers,” he added. On June 22, National Commission
