The mountain town of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental has suspended its market days starting Thursday after a spike in local coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the past week. In Executive Order (EO) 2021-0909, Mayor Laurence Marxlen de la Cruz issued the order as he imposed stringent measures on mass gatherings, parties, and super-spreader events to curb the spread of infections. “There is a current surge in the municipality, wherein the Covid-19 active cases increased from three on Sept. 15, 2021 to 31 as of Sept. 22, 2021,” de la Cruz stated in the directive. He added that
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday reminded local government units (LGUs) that a voter’s identification (ID) card is neither a requirement to avail of essential services, such as medical services and financial assistance, nor is it needed to register for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination program. “It is not and will never be a requirement set by the national government nor the DILG,” DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said in a statement. This came after the DILG received reports that some LGUs are requiring the presentation of a voter’s ID before people can
The Department of Agriculture (DA) 13 (Caraga) has intensified the indemnification in areas hit by African swine fever (ASF). In a media statement on Friday, the DA-13 said it has provided the local government units in the area with updates on the continuing releases of funds for the affected hog raisers. As of August this year, a total of PHP2.52 million worth of indemnification has been released in the towns of Cortes and San Miguel in Surigao del Sur, and in San Francisco and Loreto in Agusan del Sur. A total of 203 hog raisers have benefited from the releases
Residents of Banago village in this city are availing of various benefits from the government after receiving a funding of PHP20 million under the Local Government Support Fund – Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Data from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) showed that Banago is now cleared of insurgency after being once a hotbed of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) movement in this city. As of Friday, the barangay has lined up six projects for the use
The local chief executive of this city on Friday acknowledged the contribution of laborers working either locally or overseas in the growth of not only the local economy in Northern Mindanao but also in the country. City Mayor Oscar Moreno, in a speech during the event organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), said the labor sector is very important to national growth and prosperity. “We cannot imagine as a country growing without the strong labor sector,” he said. DOLE Sec. Silvestre Bello III led the turnover of PHP6,540,000 worth of programs and assistance to 1,358 beneficiaries in
The Department of Health (DOH) is drafting new guidelines on the use of face shields limiting its use in “high-risk” areas. Speaking at a virtual media briefing Friday, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH is revising the previous joint memorandum circular (JMC) that mandated the use of face shields. “We have already prepared the revisions, kailangan lang po magkaroon ng (we just need) concurrence among the eight agencies included in this JMC,” Vergeire said. The new memorandum circular would refocus the use of face shields in high-risk areas falling under the closed, crowded and close-contact (three Cs) framework.
