NEDA hopeful on PH’s economic growth expansion in 2024
April 24, 2024
The country’s daily average Covid-19 cases went down to 161 on May 2 to 8, or 20 percent lower than the previous week, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. Cases averaged 200 per day from April 25 to May 1. In its latest case bulletin, the DOH said there are 1,124 new cases of the coronavirus and 42 verified deaths in the recent week. For the same period, 14 cases were added to the tally of severe and critical infections, now 611. Only 16.8 percent or 474 out of the 2,817 intensive care unit (ICU) beds are in use,
No matter what their age and health conditions are, elderly citizens and persons with disabilities (PWD) were among the early voters at Claro M. Recto High School in Sampaloc, Manila on Monday. Most of them wanted to avoid overcrowding by mid-morning or near closing time. Accompanied by a relative, 67-year-old Generosa Lo said it is her responsibility to choose the country’s next leader who has a heart for the elderly. “Maayos naman ang naging pagboto ko hindi ako masyadong matagal kasi inuuna nila ang mga senior (The voting process was okay and it didn’t take me long because they prioritized
The city government has approved an ordinance that would ensure that the Universal Health Care Act (UHCA) and other health programs of the government are properly implemented and would reach every resident. In a phone interview on Sunday evening, chief city information officer Aileen Refuerzo said Resolution 177-2022 adopts the provisions and principles contained in Department of Health (DOH) Administrative Order 2021-0063 or the Health Promotion Framework Strategy (HPFS) 2030 into the local government health system. The HPSF 2030 serves as the overall national health promotion road map and basis for all health promotion policies, programs, and activities at the
More than 500 police personnel are serving as Electoral Board (EB) members here to diffuse intense political rivalry, a police official said Monday. Brig. Gen. Pablo Labra II, deputy director for administration of the Police Regional Office–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO-BARMM), assured the police officers have been trained to administer the elections. “These police officers were trained to operate vote-counting machines (VCMS) in the city’s more than 100 clustered precincts,” Labra, who is also head of the Regional Special Operation Task Group Cotabato City and Maguindanao (RSTOG CoMag), said. The decision to let the police serve as EBs
Eight people, including a police officer, were arrested Sunday night following a tension that broke between security personnel of two mayoral candidates in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. In a report to Brig. General Matthew P. Baccay, regional director of Police Regional Office-Central Luzon on Monday, arrested were security personnel of incumbent Mayor Arvin Salonga and mayoral candidate Agripino Javier – Benedicto Figueroa, Rances John Lozada, Jerick Santos, Herbert Bundalian, Gerry Vincent Vicente, Arturo Garcia, Arnold Labugin, and Cpl. Edgardo Nitoliano, assigned at the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3. Baccay said based on the investigation, the personnel of the San Antonio
Troops recovered bomb components following a clash that resulted in the death of an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member in Basilan province, a top police official said Monday. Brig. Gen. Franco Simoborio, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, said the slain ASG fighter, 34-year-old Adzhar Alih Anding, was killed in an encounter with the Army’s Special Forces around 3:10 a.m. Saturday in Barangay Baluno, Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province. Simborio said the troops recovered from the slain ASG member bomb components consisting of a kilogram of C4 explosive, six blasting caps, four nine-volt batteries, one digital timer, iron fillings,
