The reporting of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases will be done weekly starting March 7 and will focus on the severe and critical cases, a health official said Tuesday. This was after the National Capital Region and 38 other areas shifted to the most relaxed Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15. In a Palace briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the weekly case bulletins would be released every Monday at 4 p.m. and additional timely updates would be provided when necessary. “As to the case numbers, if it’s mild, we treat it like it’s part of
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced that it has integrated all cadets of the PNP Academy to its payroll management system (PMS) through its online payroll portal. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos, in a statement Tuesday, said this was made possible through the PNP Finance Service. “As PNPA undergoes a five-year transition towards complete PNP administrative and operational jurisdiction, the PNP under his watch shall embrace reforms and innovation to ensure seamless transition with minimal intervention on the management, operation, curriculum development, training and other activities in the Academy,” he added. Carlos said the integration of the PNPA cadets to
Crimes here dropped by about 14.11% during the past two months, the police said Tuesday. Col. Paul Bometivo, acting city police director, said the recorded crimes from January 1 to February 28 in the city’s 26 barangays decreased to 426 from 496 during the same period last year. He said theft cases still topped the list but dropped during the period along with murder, rape, and physical injury. The official said such a situation was mainly due to the movement restrictions of the city government following continuous threats posed by coronavirus disease 2019. The city was placed under Alert Level
Police authorities in Maguindanao on Tuesday warned the public against the possible proliferation of counterfeit bills this election season. The warning was aired by Police Maj. Dareen Tolosa, town police chief of Upi, Maguindanao, following the arrest of a woman who used the counterfeit money in the town’s public market on Monday afternoon. Tolosa said a certain Momena Datuwata Piang was arrested after vendors complained of receiving fake money from her in payment of goods and services. Police found PHP7,000 worth of fake money from the suspect whose two companions managed to elude arrest. Piang, of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao, has
A ranking official of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Tuesday said firefighters will continue to engage the community to make the residents feel safe and secure from fires and any forms of man-made and natural calamities. In his speech, chief Supt. Felixberto Abrenica, BFP director for operations, said bureau personnel should be visible to the public even beyond March of each year when the entire country is celebrating Fire Prevention Month. Abrenica is in Cebu to lead the Central Visayas version of the simultaneous kick-off ceremony of the Fire Prevention Month 2022 with the theme “Sa Pag-iwas sa
The Court of Appeals (CA) has granted the petition of a local car dealer that questioned an order from the National Privacy Commission (NPC) regarding an identity theft complaint. In an 18-page decision dated February 21 and made available online recently, the CA 3rd Division granted the petition filed by Toyota Shaw, Inc. and set aside the 2017 order of the NPC for the dealer to respond to alleged violations of Republic Act (RA) 10173 or the Data Privacy Act. The CA ruled that the complainant, Dunstant Egar, filed the case beyond six months from the alleged occurrence of the
