Tropical Depression (TD) Agaton which has now weakened into a low pressure area (LPA) has caused production losses worth PHP423.8 million for 6,557 farmers in the Visayas and nearby areas, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday. A bulletin released by the DA-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center said the losses were incurred particularly in Western and Eastern Visayas, as well as in the Caraga Region following heavy rainfalls. The losses are broken down as follows: PHP403.5 million for rice; PHP17.1 million for high-value crops; and PHP3.2 million for corn. However, the department said the figure could still
The Committee on Local Absentee Voting (CLAV) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started the deployment of local absentee ballots and other election paraphernalia. In a statement, the poll body said the delivery of the election materials to government agencies, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), media entities, and corporations has commenced. A total of 84,221 are set to participate in the local absentee voting (LAV) for the 2022 national and local elections later this month. The majority of the voters are members of the police at 48,698, followed by the Philippine Army at 32,786.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday reported it has cleared over 240 million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines since the onset of the pandemic. In a statement, the Bureau said as of March 2022, it has facilitated the expeditious release of 243 million doses of vaccines from different sources abroad. Of the total cleared vaccines, 91 million are Pfizer, 56 million are Sinovac, 38.8 million are AstraZeneca, 34 million Moderna, 12.7 million are Johnson & Johnson vaccines. 10 million are Sputnik V, 1 million are Sinopharm and 100,000 are Sinopharm (Hayat Vax). The vaccines against Covid-19 came
National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice-chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. expressed support to the 12 cluster heads of the anti-insurgency body who were earlier sued by the Makabayan Bloc and its allies for allegedly violating various provisions of the Omnibus Election Code. “As the National Security Adviser and Vice Chair of the NTF-ELCAC, I am expressing my support for the twelve national clusters heads of the Task Force. The NTF-ELCAC, through its corresponding cluster heads, has been legitimately upholding its mandate of protecting the Republic against the threats posed by the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG),” he
Some retired officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and former Philippine Constabulary officers have declared their support for the presidential candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo. In a manifesto of support released on Wednesday, around 60 retired police officers said they strongly support and endorse Robredo’s presidential bid, as they share her advocacies, particularly on matters pertaining to peace and order. Among the signatories are former National Security Adviser Cesar Garcia, former PNP chief Ricardo Marquez, and former Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission Executive Director Reginald Villasanta, among others. According to the manifesto, Robredo’s advocacies that are significant to the
Government troops recovered what they described as the biggest cache of high-powered firearms seized from communist rebels in Agusan del Sur this year. In a statement Wednesday, the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) said the firearms recovered Monday in Barangay Kasapa 2, La Paz town, include 10 AK47 rifles and seven M16 rifles. Soldiers of the 60th Infantry Battalion (60IB) also recovered a Ultimax Light Machine Gun, an M14 rifle, an M79 grenade launcher, a Garand rifle, a drum magazine for Ultimax LMG, and five magazines for AK47 rifle. According to Eastmincom, the firearms’ discovery was made possible through the help
