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April 25, 2024
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The employment of nearly 6,000 contact tracers in Metro Manila has been extended to only two months due to “inadequate funds”, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Monday. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the extension of employment was upon the request of m Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairperson Benhur Abalos, and mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR). He said the officials had requested to extend the contract of the 5,754 contact tracers for another three months. Bello said the DOLE can accommodate the request but only
Some PHP1.7 million worth of illegal drugs were seized from five suspected peddlers during an anti-illegal drug operation in Angeles City on Monday. Colonel Rommel Batangan, chief of Angeles City police, said on Tuesday that joint elements of Angeles City Drug Enforcement Unit and Angeles City Police Office Station 3 conducted the buy-bust operation in Barangay Pandan, Angeles City that led to the arrest of Saif Boko, listed as a high-value individual; Mamad Datu, and Amin Ibrahim, all residents of Jaoville Compound, Barangay Pandan; and Ibrahim Limbona and Samad Omar, both residents of Lourdes North West, all in Angeles City.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) central office has chosen the local government unit (LGU) here as this year’s presenter to the National Knowledge Forum on Good Practices in Water Project of the agency. Ivy Cervantes, municipal local government operations officer, confirmed this Tuesday following the turnover on July 16 of PHP18 million worth of DILG-funded water projects under the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) program in three remote villages. The recently inaugurated water projects included the Barangay Basak Water Supply Level III project jointly funded by the DILG amounting to PHP12.7 million
Former Cebu Governor Emilio Mario “Lito” R. Osmeña Jr. died on Monday in Cebu. He was 82. His son, Mariano “Mimo” Osmeña confirmed in his social media post the death of his father. “So long Dad! You will always be part of us. Thank you is not enough,” Mimo’s post read. Reports said he died of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but none from the family confirmed it. In a separate post, Mimo said: “My father was a visionary and workaholic until the last week of his life. I strongly feel the withdrawals from unproductivity had a large impact on his
The Duterte administration has implemented over 15,000 infrastructure projects in Central Luzon in a span of five years as part of its mission to propel countryside development. Since 2016, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction, maintenance, widening, upgrading, and rehabilitation of a total of 2,438 kilometers of road and 489 national bridges despite the last 16 months marred by the Covid-19 pandemic. Likewise, a total of 13,219 classrooms were built while 1,617 flood mitigation structures were completed. Twenty-three evacuation centers were constructed to provide livable temporary shelters for residents and minimize the use of
