Department of Transportation (DOTr) projects occupy Secretary Arthur Tugade’s mind, not the 2022 elections. His focus is on the completion of the projects of President Rodrigo Duterte, he told reporters in a press conference here on Thursday when he led the unveiling of major airport and seaport development works in the Caraga Region. Among the projects he opened were the completed asphalt overlay of the runway, improved terminal area, and the one-stop service center for passengers called Malasakit Hall at the Butuan Airport, and the improvement and expansion of the Cantilan Port in Surigao del Sur. “Just wait for my

Some 338,893 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines have been administered to Pangasinan residents as of Friday. Based on the latest data from the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO), some 153,685 Pangsinenses were inoculated with the first dose while 77,447 have received the full dose of the vaccines. Meanwhile, 107,761 Pangasinenses were immunized with one dose or considered full vaccination of the Janssen vaccine. Of the total number of doses, 88,426 were administered to frontline healthcare workers, 157,439 to senior citizens, 85,856 to persons with comorbidities, and 7,115 doses to essential workers in frontline services, and the remaining doses

Local authorities in Northern Samar are eyeing to breed the endangered Philippine deer after fishermen rescued the animal while being chased by sharks in Lapinig, Northern Samar. The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and the local government of Lapinig town are currently looking for partners to help increase the population of the endangered animal, an official said on Friday. “We hope that entities or anyone will provide a female Philippine deer so we can start the breeding soon,” said Dennis Ariño, conservation and development section chief of the CENRO based in Pambujan, Northern Samar in a phone interview.

Authorities are now hunting down those behind the flocking of people to various vaccination sites in Metro Manila on the eve of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said Friday. In a Laging Handa briefing, Malaya said they are looking at the possibility that the act is meant to sabotage the government’s vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “Ang takot namin, huwag naman sana, may nag-organisa nitong pangyayaring ito para i-sabotahe ang vaccination program hindi lamang ng pamahalaan kundi pati na ng mga (Our fear is,

The city health office (CHO) announced Friday that residents here must register online to be accommodated for vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “All those who have pre-registered online under the priority groups A1, A2, and A3 will receive text schedules of inoculation once additional supplies arrive,” the city health office (CHO) said in a Facebook post. The city’s Inter-Agency Task Force Against Covid-19, through the CHO, has earlier launched the online registration to maintain physical distancing in vaccination sites. “Basically, this is to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus,” said Dr. Floyd Caoagdan, CHO spokesperson on anti-Covid

The Philippines has vaccinated 710,482 persons against the coronavirus in a single day, a record high since the vaccination rollout began in March. At the Laging Handa briefing Friday, deputy chief implementer and testing czar Vince Dizon said the record was made on Aug. 5, a day before the reimposition of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. “We hit a record high. We must sustain this,” Dizon said. As of Aug. 5, the total number of vaccine doses administered is 23,199,187. Of this number, 10,705,190 are second doses. Dizon clarified that vaccination against the coronavirus is not