CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A fifth vaccination site here will begin operations soon as the local government partners with a shopping mall to speed up the drive for population protection. The management of SM City Uptown in Carmen town will cater mostly to residents from hinterland villages. A simulation exercise will be held Friday, Mayor Oscar Moreno said. The city has four vaccination sites in malls — SM Downtown Premier, Limketkai Center Robinsons, and Centrio Ayala Mall. “We thank them for making available their malls for our vaccination sites,” Moreno said during his Facebook Live talk on Thursday. Moreno
During the nationwide strict lockdown from Thursday, regular court proceedings across the country including the Supreme Court will remain closed. However, for emergency cases the chamber judge of the Appellate Division, three single benches of the High Court division and a magistrate each in the chief judicial magistrate court in each district and the chief metropolitan magistrate court in the metropolitan area would be available to serve until further orders. The Appellate Division will also conduct proceedings remotely from home on two days during the initial 7-day lockdown. The court officials and employees were instructed not to leave the workstation
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas launched on Thursday the planting of 1 million malunggay (moringa oleifera) trees as one of the highlights of the 2021 Nutrition Month celebration this July. National Nutrition Council (NNC) regional nutrition program coordinator Catalino Dotollo, Jr. said the initiative supports this year’s theme “Malnutrisyon patuloy na labanan, First 1000 days tutukan!” focusing on efforts on the first 1,000 days of life as the strategic intervention to prevent stunting and obesity. The first 1,000 days cover the pregnancy period and the child’s first two years of life and is also called the “golden window of opportunity”
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar announced Thursday that the local government will continue to implement the StaySafe application, mandating the registration of all establishments and residents with the contact tracing digital platform to help track possible exposures to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the city. The program is mandated by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Resolution No. 87 and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular 2021-053. “The implementation of the Safety Seal together with the StaySafe QR Code is still ongoing,” Salazar said. She added that
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will construct two access roads leading to the New Clark City (NCC) in Capas, Tarlac to meet the potential demand for better roads within the Clark Special Economic Zone. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, based on a report by Tarlac Second District Engineer Neil Farala, identified the two roads as the New Clark City to Tarlac-Zambales Road (TZR) and the McArthur Highway to NCC. “The construction of these much-needed access roads will provide an alternate route to NCC aside from the existing North Luzon Expressway/Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway and
BAGUIO CITY – The Statistics Committee under the Regional Development Council (RDC) has opted for the inclusion of the academe to update the Cordillera Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) that aims to determine the actual contribution of tourism in the economy. Villafe Alibuyog, regional director of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and chairman of the committee, on Wednesday said the preparation of the Cordillera Tourism Satellite Accounts is the first regional initiative in the country which aims to measure the contribution of the industry to the local economy. She said State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and some private universities in the
