Police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) announced Friday that eight persons have so far been arrested for violation of the election gun ban since it was implemented on January 9. “The past 12 days of gun ban implementation resulted in the arrest of eight persons, I commend our troops on the ground,” Brig. Gen. Eden T. Ugale, BARMM police director, told reporters here. With such accomplishment, he hopes that field offices and units under Police Regional Office – BARMM will continue to help reduce the chances of violence in the coming national and local elections.
The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Friday welcomed the reaffirmation of the 2016 Arbitral Award in a study released by the United States last week. “We welcome the affirmation of the 2016 Arbitral Award by the US State Department’s Limits in the Seas No. 150: People’s Republic of China: Maritime Claims in the South China Sea,” the DFA said in a statement. The 47-page State Department report said Beijing’s maritime claims in the South China Sea, “especially considering their expansive geographic and substantive scope, gravely undermine the rule of law in the oceans and numerous
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) on Thursday reaffirmed their collaborative efforts to explore the potential utilization of small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the Philippines during the Small Modular Reactors’ Day. This event formed part of ROSATOM’s Breakthrough Technologies for Sustainable Future Week, which was held at the sidelines of the World EXPO 2020. Under the definition of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), SMRs “are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit, which is about one-third of the generating capacity of traditional
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has sent ceramic water filters and enhanced nutribun (e-nutribun) to victims of Typhoon Odette in Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Mimaropa, and Caraga regions. In a taped report aired on Friday, Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said 50 boxes of ceramic water filters were sent to Caraga and Cebu. “Ceramic water filters will also be deployed to Regions 6 (Western Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas), and Mimaropa as soon as flights for these areas are finalized,” he said. Over 73,000 pieces of DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)-developed e-nutribun vitamin-fortified bread were also distributed in
