Negros Oriental has a new acting provincial police director in the person of Col. Germano P. Mallari, who is the third to be assigned in the province this year. Mallari replaced Col. Glenn Mayam, the officer-in-charge (OIC) provincial police director for about four months, said Chief Master Sgt. Edilberto Euraoba III, information officer of the provincial police headquarters here on Monday. Euraoba said Mallari is serving in an acting capacity, which allows him to order the reshuffling or transfer of police personnel under him, while Mayam as OIC did not carry the same authority. Mayam had to be replaced because
The Philippines will continue deploying overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Guinea. In a resolution released on Monday, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s (POEA) Governing Board said the decision was made upon consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). “The POEA Governing Board, in a meeting duly convened resolves as it is hereby resolved, to continue the processing and deployment of all OFWs bound for Guinea, subject to the issuance of appropriate advice to Filipino workers therein to take precautionary measures for their safety and well-being,” it said. The deployment of Filipinos to Guinea was approved after the DFA informed
Unlike in the past, parishioners, lay leaders, and even people outside of the Roman Catholic Church are now being consulted by the Diocese of Dumaguete as part of its “listening process” for the Synod on Synodality. In an interview on Monday, Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes said the Synod on Synodality 2021-2023 is a two-year process, which Pope Francis officially opened last October 10 for all the dioceses in the world to embark on a journey of discussions and consultations to help the bishops and the Catholic hierarchy in choosing the direction of church governance. “This is unique in that in
Shoppers in Quezon City will be required to present their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination cards if they want to access all shops and services in malls. Unvaccinated persons will be allowed entry but only for essential purposes such as buying in grocery and medical and drug stores, and availing of government services. “As we want to vaccinate more people, we also directed mall managements to gather and list down the name, contact number, and barangay of unvaccinated patrons and submit it to the city government so they can immediately be scheduled for vaccination,” QC Mayor Joy Belmonte said in
Some 83 areas in Metro Manila remain under granular lockdown despite the region’s shift to the more relaxed Alert Level 3 over the weekend. Based on the latest data released on Monday, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said these include 29 areas under the Quezon City Police District; Manila Police District, 25; Eastern Police District, 17; Southern Police District, 10 and Northern Police District, two. These areas are located in 53 villages across the region. The NCRPO has deployed a total of 238 police officers to secure these areas. Meanwhile, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar
The Treasury bill (T-bill) rates were little changed on Monday following Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno’s statement on the timing of policy rate adjustment. The average rate of the 91-day debt paper moved to 1.113 percent, the 182-day to 1.390 percent, and the 364-day to 1.604 percent. These were at 1.095 percent, 1.391 percent, and 1.587 percent for the three and six-month, and one-year papers during the auction last October 11. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) offered all tenors for PHP5 billion, and the auction committee fully awarded all tenors. Total tenders for the 91-day paper
