CIDG gets new chief in latest PNP reshuffle
May 2, 2024
The number of areas across the country placed under granular lockdown due to the continued surge in coronavirus infections has climbed to 844, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday. An additional 79 areas were added on Wednesday to the previous day’s tally of 765. Metro Manila topped the list with 233 areas, followed by the Cordillera Administrative Region, 210; Cagayan Valley, 203, Ilocos Region, 165; Mimaropa, 18 and Western Visayas, 15. Based on its latest data, the PNP said some 2,083 individuals were affected by the granular lockdowns. A total of 297 PNP personnel and 550 force multipliers were
The implementation of mandatory military service for Filipinos will help instill patriotism among citizens and help them contribute to nation-building efforts, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday. “We welcome the proposal as this is attuned to the times while the government is faced with adversities and challenges, aligned with our aspirations for the citizenry to contribute to nation-building,” AFP spokesperson, Col. Ramon Zagala, said in a message to reporters. This is in support of the call of vice presidential bet, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, for mandatory military service for all Filipinos upon turning 18. Zagala
The printing of the official ballots for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections started Thursday night, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said. Jimenez said the first set of about 60,000 ballots to be printed are for the Local Absentee Voting (LAV). “Printing of official Local Absentee Voting ballots will begin tonight (approximately 7 p.m.) at the National Printing Office (in Quezon City),” he said in a statement. The next ballots to be printed, he said, are 79,000 manual ballots for overseas voters and then some 86,000 ballots for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Electricity has been restored in 46 out of 500 villages in Southern Leyte after a month-long power outage due to the destruction wreaked by Typhoon Odette. The Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (Soleco) reported on Thursday that as of January 19, at least 19,049 houses and establishments have been energized already out of the 109,145 billed consumers. “As of this posting, 9.20 percent of villages are already partially energized within the coverage area of Soleco. Per consumer status, 17.45 percent are already energized,” Soleco said in its report. These partially-energized communities are in Maasin City, Macrohon, Bontoc, Sogod, Liloan, Saint Bernard,
