A huge part of Mindanao will experience rains caused by the low pressure area (LPA) embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting the island, the weather bureau said Thursday. The LPA, last tracked 490 kilometers east of Davao City, has a slim chance of developing into a tropical cyclone, according to Grace Castañeda of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Caraga, Davao Region, BARMM, and Soccsksargen will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the LPA and ITCZ. “Be alert against possible flooding and landslides,” Castañeda said. The rest of Mindanao, and
A ranking official of the Department of National Defense (DND) on Thursday expressed hope that the incoming administration, both national and local, will continue to support the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) which helps former rebels (FRs) and former violent extremists (VEs) to peacefully integrate into mainstream society. “The current success of the E-CLIP is due to the unprecedented support of our local chief executives (LCEs), and as the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte nears its conclusion and a new set of elected officials take the helm of national and local posts, I am hopeful that assistance for our
Filipino food manufacturer Monde Nissin Corporation has kept its business afloat despite increasing prices of raw materials brought by developments outside the country. In a media briefing, Monde Nissin chief financial officer Jesse Teo said supply bottlenecks and rapid increase in input costs cut the company’s profit in the first quarter of the year. “Input costs have increased well over 20 percent for the key region. For the key raw materials that we have from oil and meat, for every 10 percent increase of that, it’s a 1.5 percent margin hit to our business,” Teo said. The listed firm reported
A father-son tandem has pulled off a landslide win as mayor and vice mayor of this town. Rowaida Kalid, municipal election officer and chairperson of the town’s board of canvassers, said Thursday that Datu Akmad Mitra Ampatuan and his son Engr. Marop Ampatuan were proclaimed as mayor-elect and vice mayor-elect, respectively. “Both overwhelmingly won against their political rivals,” Kalid told reporters in an interview. Before the election, the younger Marop served as the town’s local chief executive since 2016. The board also proclaimed the councilors-elect of Shariff Aguak based on the election returns from 32 clustered precincts. The winning municipal
The May 9 national and local elections in Eastern Mindanao were generally peaceful, the chief of the military’s Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) said Thursday. Lt Gen. Greg Almerol, Eastmincom commander, noted the absence of election-related violent incidents in Eastmincom’s area of operation during the election day. “The deployment of election security task forces (STFs), especially in towns identified as “areas of concern,” played an important role in ensuring secure, accurate, and free elections (SAFE),” he said in a statement. Almerol also attributed the peaceful outcome of the elections to the collaborative efforts of different election partners such as the Commission
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday expressed hope that the next administration will continue the campaign against illegal drugs, and support the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in fighting the terrorist groups. “Our appeal to the incoming administration is to continue the projects, efforts, and programs of the DILG, which was also ordered by our President (Rodrigo Duterte). They must continue especially our efforts against illegal drugs, criminality, (and) of course, support the NTF-ELCAC in fighting the CPP-NPA-NDF and their cohorts, and capacitate the LGUs (local government units)
