The province of Camiguin has eased its restrictions on sports and social gatherings under Alert Level 1. During the “Serbisyong PPR” radio program Friday evening, Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said sports and other gatherings such as fiesta celebrations will be allowed beginning Saturday but under minimum public health protocols. “When you play any sports, please bring your vaccination cards. if you’re not vaccinated, you can’t play,” he said in the vernacular. Romualdo said the vaccination card requirement is also extended to spectators. When attending fiestas and religious gatherings, the venues can be occupied at full capacity as long as the
Former affiliate members of communist terrorist groups (CTGs) will start their new lives with a housing project provided by the national government. Sixteen single-detached core shelters were given to the beneficiaries of Rebolusyonaryong Partido Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade-Tabara Paduano Group (RPM-P/RPA/ABB-TPG), now recognized as Kapatiran, in a ceremonial turnover in Ibajay, Aklan on Thursday. On top of the housing projects, an Emergency Food Reserve and a Cocomill facility will be set up. In a social media post on Saturday, Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the housing project is a result of
Aksyon Demokratiko presidential bet Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso laid out his plans for farmers and fisherfolk and the agricultural sector, in general, should he win the May 2022 election. In a press conference during his campaign sortie in Cabanatuan City in Nueva Ecija on Friday, Domagoso bared several concrete plans to help uplift the lives and livelihood of the country’s farmers and their families. He said aside from the 50 percent cut in excise taxes on oil products and electricity, which would reduce the farmers’ expenses in fuel, fertilizers, and pesticides for higher crop yields, his administration would invest in
Travelers from Hong Kong and Macau are allowed to stay in the country without a visa for at least 14 days, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Saturday. Nationals of Israel and Brazil may also again enter the Philippines visa-free for an initial stay of 59 days. The said privilege was extended to citizens of the two countries under a reciprocal arrangement wherein Filipinos are also allowed entry into Israel and Brazil for 59 days without a visa. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the relaxed policy is provided in the latest resolution passed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for
The bodies of the two Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebels, killed during a clash with soldiers in Isabela, Negros Occidental on March 9, were already claimed by their respective families, the Philippine Army said on Saturday. In a report, the 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) said their troops, together with personnel of Isabela Municipal Police Station, turned over the remains at the Leo Memorial Chapels on March 10. The fatalities were identified as Virgilio “Kumander Bedam” Tamban, commanding officer of Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon Lenovo of the NPA’s Leonardo Panaligan Command, who has been tagged by the
The Department of Public Works and Highways – Unified Project Management Office (DPWH-UPMO), which is implementing the Davao City bypass construction project, is now conducting simultaneous tunneling activities on the north portal of the mountain tunnel component. Included in the list of flagship infrastructure projects of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program, the bypass road will mitigate traffic congestions in Davao City, with the travel time between Barangay Sirawan in Toril District, Davao City and Barangay J.P. Laurel in Panabo City reduced to about 49 minutes from the previous nearly two hours via the Pan-Philippine Highway Diversion Road. Construction
