Some three chartered flights funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) brought home a total of 1,083 Filipinos to Davao, Cebu, and Manila on Wednesday. At least 387 repatriates from Oman arrived in Davao City and were followed by another 346 on board a Philippine Airlines flight that landed from the United Arab Emirates to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport around 8 a.m. The third and final chartered flight Philippine Airlines PR8657 arrived in Cebu City from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in the afternoon, carrying 350 passengers. “It is always a good day when we get to bring home as
The Quezon City government advised residents to refer to the posted list of beneficiaries on its official social media pages and in their barangays to determine the schedule of financial aid payout in their areas. This, as local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila officially started the distribution of financial aid for qualified residents on Wednesday. “Ang listahan ng mga benepisyaryo ay ipapaskil sa inyong barangay, at ilalagay din sa official Facebook page at website ng (The list of beneficiaries is posted in your barangays and our Facebook page and website of the) Quezon City government — https://quezoncity.gov.ph/ecq-august-2021-cash-assistance/ ,” the
More local government units (LGUs) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have come forward to support the military’s disarmament campaign. This, after officials of Wao, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday turned over 28 assorted firearms to Col. Jovencio Gonzales, commander of Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade. The surrender rites were held at the covered court of Barangay Extension in Wao town. Gonzales received from the local officials 21 pieces of 12-gauge shotguns, four .38 caliber revolvers, a .38 caliber pistol, one 9mm Uzi machine pistol, and one .22 caliber revolver. In a statement, Wao Mayor Elvino B. Balicao
A New People’s Army (NPA )rebel in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija has voluntarily surrendered to the 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion (91IB), 7th Infantry “Kaugnay” Division (7ID) of the Philippine Army on Tuesday. In an interview on Wednesday, Lt. Col. Reandrew P. Rubio, 91IB commander, said the surrenderer whom he identified as Fernando Moises Alvarado with the aliases of Ka Dindo/Cristy/Jeorge, 44, a resident of Barangay Bugnan, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, was a member of the communist terrorist group’s (CTG) Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda-3 (SYP-3). He said the former rebel was convinced by the sincerity of the government to resolve key community issues through
Aiming to inoculate some 200,000 to 300,000 senior citizens here against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the city government has rolled out a mobile vaccination solely for the elderly. In a statement Wednesday, the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force Vaccine Cluster said at least 76 senior citizens in seven geriatric home facilities were recently catered to by the mobile vaccination team. As of Aug. 6, a total of 79,039 seniors have received their first jabs while 54,065 also got their second shots. The vaccine cluster reported that the mobile vaccination team administered anti-Covid-19 shots to seniors housed at the Care for Elderly
Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said there is sufficient supply of power despite the Malampaya gas field going offline this October as long as there will be no forced outages from power plants. During the economic forum of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Wednesday, Fuentebella said projected output from Malampaya is expected to further decline between 2022 and 2024. He said expected output from Malampaya this year is at 2,313 megawatts, and will decline to 2,156 MW by 2022, depleting to 1,813 MW by 2023, and down to 1,563 MW by
