The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) commended all the combat and support units under commander Lt. Gen. Greg T. Almerol for their successful operations that resulted in the death of New People’s Army (NPA) National Operations Command spokesperson Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris” in an encounter in a mountainous area in Impasugong, Bukidnon on Oct. 30. “The collective efforts of the different operating troops, primarily composed of the 403rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, PA (Philippine Army), and intelligence units and as well as the timely use of the Philippine Air Force capability made the operation successful leading to the death of
Mayor Evelio Leonardia has sought a reconsideration of the city’s Alert 4 status from Nov. 1 to 14 after it was announced by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Friday. In a statement on Sunday, Leonardia said he sent a letter dated Oct. 29 addressed to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, chair of the IATF-EID, appealing for a downgrade to Alert Level 3, considering that coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the city have already been decreasing in the past two weeks. Areas placed under Alert Level 4, the second-highest alert level, show
After years of being exploited, some 19 CPP-NPA Terrorists (CNTs) surrendered at Sitio Mahayag, Barangay St. Peter in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Oct. 27. The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebels, who are indigenous people (IPs) from the Higaonon and Talaandig tribes, also surrendered 12 firearms to the authorities. Three of the former rebels (FRs) are high-value individuals, while others are mostly residents of Sitio Mahayag. Among the rebel returnees are the Landasan and Han-ayan families who were reunited and are now living peacefully after years of chaos and hardships inside the terrorist organization. Ludy Han-ayan alias
The Philippines is among the top recipients of large volumes of Covid-19 vaccines among developing countries from the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX Facility. Dr. Ted Herbosa, the special medical adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19, said the country is efficient in its vaccine rollout, hence more supplies are coming in. “They like to give us vaccines because we are able to give shots in the arms,” Herbosa said in an interview on Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport during the arrival of 1,546,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the United States government through the
With 82 countries at risk of missing a global vaccination target by end of this year, the World Health Organization chief on Saturday urged nations that have reached 40 percent vaccination target to swap delivery schedules with vaccine sharing facilities. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus told a meeting of the G20 summit in Rome that 7 billion vaccine doses against Covid-19 have been administered globally, but issued caution. “Low-income countries, most of them in Africa, have received just 0.4 percent of those vaccines; more than 80 percent have gone to G20 countries,” said Tedros. He explained that vaccine equity is not
Some 1,537 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the different Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Ilocos Region have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of October 28. In a phone interview on Sunday, BJMP Ilocos regional assistant director Supt. Jun Melchor Boadilla said the vaccination rollout in the facility is an initiative of the central office to prevent infection among the inmates and personnel. He said some 129 PDLs in Ilocos Norte were already fully inoculated, three in Ilocos Sur, 290 in La Union, and 1,115 in Pangasinan. Some 2,424 PDLs in the entire region
