The Department of Health (DOH) has noted the good practices of the local government here when it comes to the inventory of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, the City Health Office (CHO) said on Saturday. This came after the representatives from DOH central office visited the city to conduct the three-day simultaneous inventory of vaccines, managed by the city government. In an online briefer, Dr. Ted Yu Jr., CHO Medical Officer, said due to the positive outcome, the DOH will adopt the online and real-time inventory and monitoring initiated by the city government. “Our online monitoring and inventory, the
_:Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said the provision of quality shelter-related assistance is the housing sector’s trademark under the Duterte administration. “We are more than proud to say that under the Duterte administration, we have recorded the highest ever annual production and financing of housing units since 1975. We accomplished all these inspired by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s strong-willed, pro-people leadership, and despite all odds, particularly the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,” del Rosario recently told the Philippine News Agency in an e-mail when asked on the administration’s accomplishments. Del Rosario said DHSUD has always
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc. (JVOFI) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the restoration and rehabilitation of mangroves that were severely affected in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte by Typhoon Odette in December 2021. The JVOFI will provide PHP10 million to cover the cost of restoration and rehabilitation of storm-damaged mangroves, particularly in the municipalities of Del Carmen, Dapa, General Luna, San Benito, and Socorro in Surigao del Norte and for the implementation of solid waste management activities in the island, according to a news release on Saturday.
Simultaneous rallies were held Friday afternoon in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte denouncing the atrocities of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the region. The rallies were aimed to encourage the people to stand up against the NPA, whose group is set to celebrate its 53rd founding anniversary on March 29. Members of the National Freedom for Peace Movement (NAFPEM) together with the 4th Area Cadre Team initiated the conduct of a motorcade and peace rally in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, to counter the 53rd founding anniversary of the NPA. NAFPEM is a non-government organization
The United States Navy has renewed its commitment to continue building a “strong military and people-to-people alliance” with the Philippines with the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, CVN 72 commanding officer, said the USS Abraham Lincoln’s first deployment in the Philippines was during the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in Pampanga, moving nearly 45,000 people from Subic Bay Naval Station to the Port of Cebu. Of its around 3,000 sailors, about 10 percent are Filipinos. Chief Petty Officer Rommel Pasive said the mission opened an opportunity for him to visit his
