The number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases among police personnel in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) has significantly decreased in the past weeks as more patients continue to recover. Maj. Jenahmeel Toñacao, deputy chief of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12’s community affairs and development division, said on Thursday the active cases from their ranks have dropped to 49 after reaching over 100 last month. He said 47 of them are under close monitoring in various isolation facilities in the region’s four provinces and four cities while two are admitted in a hospital. As of July 26, he said the confirmed

A leader of the House of Representatives on Thursday proposed the construction of more modern jails to prevent prison overcrowding and the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Deputy Speaker and Mandaluyong City Rep. Neptali Gonzales II stressed the importance of building better facilities to lessen the spread of diseases in jails. He also cited the Bureau of Corrections records showing that the congestion rate in its 125 prisons was 310 percent in January 2020. According to a Human Rights Watch Report in 2020, 467 jails nationwide were at 534 percent of capacity in March of the same year

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two activists last July 26 in Guinobatan, Albay. In Department Order (DO) No. 175, Guevarra directed NBI OIC-director Eric Distor to investigate the killing of Marlon Napier, 38, and Jemar Palero, 22. “If evidence warrants, to file the appropriate charges against all persons involved and found responsible for any unlawful act in connection therewith,” he said. Distor was likewise directed to submit reports on the progress of the investigation within 10 days. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen.

The Antique provincial board on Thursday passed a resolution formally asking the National Task Force against Covid-19 for more supplies of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines. Antique Vice Governor Edgar Denosta, the author of the resolution, said in an interview after their virtual session, more Antiqueños are now willing to avail of the jabs but the supply in the province is not enough. “My office had received several inquiries from people who were inquiring on how they could avail of the Covid-19 vaccines that is why I authored the resolution,” he said. He added that the reported case of