Following the Nov. 14 surrender of six members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Bukidnon, another group of rebels surrendered to the military in Barangay Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon on November 17. Citing demoralization within their ranks, 11 guerrillas including a child-soldier of the Guerilla Front (GF) Malayag under Sub-Regional Committee 2 (SRC2) of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC), surrendered to the Army’s 88th Infantry Battalion, Military Intelligence unit, and the 3rd Infantry Battalion. The surrenderers were identified as Michael B. Mantikinon alias Kimay, commanding officer of Front Operations Command of GF
The Department of Health (DOH) has finally approved the accreditation of the Sarangani Provincial Hospital (SPH) as a Level 1 facility. Dr. Aileen Brion, the SPH chief, said on Friday they received a license-to-operate from the DOH-Region 12, through the Regulations, Licensing and Enforcement Division, that upgraded the hospital’s classification effective last Nov. 5. She said the release of the accreditation allowed them to start this week surgical operations at their upgraded operating room. “We can now operate on emergency and elective cases,” Brion said in a statement. She said among the successful surgeries involved a patient who had a
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is nearing its goal of including Region 11 (Davao) in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). PSA-11 Information Statistical Analyst Argel Ryan Jayo said they are targeting to register 3,631,236 in the region this year. As of October, PSA-11 has processed the Step 2 biometrics registration of about 70.38 percent of the target. “We are capable of meeting this target by the end of the year,” Jayo said during a virtual media briefing last month. He said Davao Region is also looking at establishing more registration centers for the Philippine Identification (PhilID) card or the national
Three former members of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DIMG) have surrendered to authorities more than four years after the 2017 Marawi siege. “Through our surrender, we finally found peace. We can now live harmoniously,” an alias “Basher” said in a statement Friday. “Basher” and two others, “Mocatil” and “Nano”, surrendered to the 51st Infantry Battalion (IB) Monday in Madalum, Lanao del Sur. They were only identified through their aliases for security reasons. Lt. Col. Fernando Payapaya, 51IB commander, said the three surrenderers went into hiding after the 2017 siege before deciding to surrender to authorities on Monday. The three turned
The government’s target to fully vaccinate at least 54 million Filipinos by yearend is “doable” with more coronavirus vaccine deliveries arriving until December, an official of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 said Thursday. The latest data from the National Covid-19 vaccination dashboard showed the Philippines has administered a total of 72,763,442 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, with 40,179,796 doses given as first shots and 32,581,158 as second shots. The average daily vaccination rate in the last seven days stood at 849,495 doses. “Though supposedly, by the end of November dapat meron na tayong nakapag-first dose na 54 million and
Malacañang on Friday assured the public that the unnamed presidential aspirant who is accused of being a cocaine user would not get any preferential treatment from the government. In an online press briefing, acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, said the Palace would leave the fate of the presidential candidate to the law enforcement agencies. “‘Yung mga drug enforcement agencies natin, siyempre alam naman po nila ang kanilang mandato (Our drug enforcement agencies know their mandate),” he said. “It is safe to assume na if may investigation, then they’re already doing everything in their power to catch whoever perpetrators
