A national identification registration was conducted at the Parole and Probation Office (PPO) in Tagum City a few days before 2021 ended. Employees, clients, and their families participated in the December 27 and 28 registration, organized by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Davao Regional Office and PPO Regional Director Benjamin Cutay and Community Resource Development team head Joyce Rendon. The PPO, under the Department of Justice, is mandated to “conserve and/or redeem convicted offenders and prisoners who are under the probation or parole system”. The institutional registration strategy aims to accommodate the formal sector by ensuring that the working

The team of presidential and vice presidential aspirants, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio, respectively, on Saturday urged supporters to postpone the scheduled caravans in Metro Manila amid concerns about a potential resurgence of Covid-19 cases due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. In a statement, the BBM-Sara UniTeam said the planned unity caravan in Caloocan City on Sunday may be reset so as not to compromise the safety of the participants. “The safety of everyone is of paramount importance to us. That is why we are advising all our supporters to exercise self-restraint in their political mobilization plans

The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) reminded public offices nationwide to submit their Citizen’s Charters until January 6 as mandated by the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act. ARTA’s recent data showed 14 national government agencies (NGAs), 573 local government units (LGUs), 571 water districts, 27 government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), and 13 state universities and colleges (SUCs) have not submitted their Citizen’s Charters as of December 17. A Citizen’s Charter lists “pertinent information and services that government agencies provide”. The list of non-compliant government offices is posted on ARTA’s Facebook page. ARTA’s Department Order (DO) 2021-94

Filipinos can be assured that the pursuit of just and lasting peace will not stop with the renaming of the government’s peace body. This, after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed an executive order (EO) reorganizing and renaming the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). “Now as OPAPRU, we shall be maximizing the power of convergence so that we can effectively communicate the message of peace across the widest spectrum of society and rally the support of all sectors behind our collective vision –

Stargazers will be able to witness the greatest activity of the Quadrantid meteor shower, as well as the New Year’s parade of planets and the largest Sun with the onset of 2022, head of the Department of Methodological Support of the Moscow Planetarium, astronomer Lyudmila Koshman, told TASS. The Quadrantid stream is going to reach its peak in the early hours of January 4. Scientists expect up to 120 meteors per hour, which is one or two shooting stars per minute. “In 2022, the conditions for observing meteors are favorable [all over Russia]. The best time for observing will be

Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula urged the faithful to pray for peace, which he said can only come from God. In his homily during the New Year’s Eve mass of the Solemnity of Mary at the Manila Cathedral on Friday, the cardinal said prayer is the most fundamental act of peace-building. “Peace cannot be produced by mere human achievement,” he said. “We need God to offer us the peace that this world cannot give.” Advincula also said the Catholic Church is one with the victims of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Typhoon Odette, and armed conflicts in the world.