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The Antique Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is urging the public to strictly observe the health protocols as the province remains under Alert Level 3 until the end of month. Antique IATF action officer Margie Gadian said in an interview the national IATF during their meeting on January 20 has not downgraded the alert status of the province because of the continuing rise of Covid-19. “Antique is still under Alert Level 3 beginning today, January 21, to 31,” she said. Gadian added that Executive Order 001-A, series of 2022 issued on January 14 by Governor Rhodora
The Philippine Army (PA) is set to get Indian-made BrahMos medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missiles within the third horizon of the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program (RAFPMP). “PA’s acquisition of BrahMos is programmed under the 3rd Horizon (Year 2023-2027) of the RAFPMP. Hence, the PA is yet to acquire said units since we are still on the 2nd Horizon (2018-2022) wherein some of the programmed acquisitions are still (in) process,” PA spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Friday. He added that the Army is programmed to get two
Luzon will continue to experience rains due to two weather systems affecting the country the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Friday. In its 4 a.m. weather advisory, PAGASA said the shear line affecting the eastern section of southern Luzon will bring scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Region 4-A (Calabarzon) and Bicol region. Flash floods and landslides are likely during moderate to heavy rains. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region and Aurora will experience rains due to northeast monsoon or amihan. The northeast monsoon will also bring isolated light rain showers over the rest of Luzon. The
The Philippines and South Korea further strengthened military ties through the signing of a term of reference (TOR) which calls for an Army-to-Army level collaboration. Philippine Army (PA) chief, Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. and Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) chief-of-staff Gen. Nam Yeong-shin signed the TOR in a virtual ceremony on Thursday. This is in accordance with the June 2018 memorandum of understanding between the Philippines’ Department of National Defense and South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense. ”I have this hope that through this TOR, the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea will have an ironclad
AboitizPower subsidiary Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) is furthering its power restoration works in Metro Cebu after it breached its 80-percent reenergization target, with additional manpower and equipment pouring in. Veco president and chief operating officer Raul Lucero on Friday announced that the power distributor has restored electricity supply to at least 80 percent of customers within its franchise area. As of noon Friday, it has re-electrified 394,400 out of its 474,182 affected customers. “We recorded energy demand at 345.3 MW, which is 88 percent that of the pre-“Odette” power consumption of 495 MW. It is encouraging to see that power
The Duterte administration has delivered its promise of faster internet connection for Filipinos even before its term ends this year. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director General Jeremiah Belgica said Friday the whole-of-government approach of simplifying the process of putting up telecommunications infrastructure facilitated improvements in the speed of fixed broadband and mobile data in the country. This, as Ookla reported that the country’s mobile internet download speed increased to 19.20 megabits per second (Mbps) in December last year from 18.68 Mbps in November, while fixed broadband download speed improved to 50.26 Mbps from 46.44 Mbps in the same period. “It
