Three soldiers of the 55th Infantry Battalion (55IB) have been awarded the Wounded Personnel Medal for their heroism as they secured National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) while conducting inspection in Buadiposo-Buntong, Lanao del Sur last week. Brig. Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo II, 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, bestowed Sunday the medals to 2Lt. Bryan Paul Calilung, Pfc. Aries Rico, and Pvt. Benjack de Guzman at the Amai Pakpak Medical Center (APMC) in Marawi City. The three were part of the eight-man security team who were wounded from a grenade blast in one of NGCP’s tower facilities in Barangay Tangcal
Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Caraga and Davao regions due to a low pressure area (LPA), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, the weather bureau said an LPA, based on all available data, was last monitored 515 kilometers east of Davao City. It is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to ITCZ or localized thunderstorms. Residents in
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro early Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor occurred at 5:59 a.m. with its epicenter traced at 10 kilometers northwest of Sablayan. It was tectonic which indicated a movement in the Earth’s crust and had a depth of 10 km. Intensity III was also felt in Santa Cruz, and Intensity II in Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro and Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro. On the other hand, the Philvocs’ instruments measured the tremor at Intensity III in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Intensity II in Batangas City,
As active cases of the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) decrease, the vaccination rate will go up as there will be less need for health care workers in treatment facilities. The National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 noted decrease by as much as 12,000 in the average daily vaccination rate last month due to a surge in cases. During the last seven days, 347,952 doses were administered as against 359,982 on September 26. In previous weeks, NTF chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said some vaccinators had to be moved to medical facilities to attend to positive cases. “When the cases are going
In a bid to encourage tourists to visit tourism destinations in Cebu province, government agencies and the private sector held a two-day intensified vaccination program in three municipalities in Bantayan Island. A total of 3,494 individuals were inoculated in Bantayan, Santa Fe, and Madridejos towns on Friday and Saturday. Bantayan had the most number of vaccinees at 2,554, Madridejos had 618, and Santa Fe inoculated 322. A similar activity is also scheduled in Camotes Islands, one of the most-visited sites in Cebu. Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, and
Veteran photojournalist and reporter Recto Mercene passed away on October 2, his family announced. He was 77. Mercene had been admitted to the Asian Hospital in Alabang since September 7 after suffering a fall. According to an obituary posted by his publication, BusinessMirror, he was being prepared for release from confinement so he can get palliative care at home after doctors detected cancer spreading in his bone marrow. He died peacefully in his sleep at 3 p.m. on Saturday. “The man who spent nearly six decades soaring and roaming, in various incarnations of a traveler – first, as private pilot
