A parish priest has appealed to pray the rosary to end the global pandemic coronavirus-19 (Covid-19), and for peace to reign in the world. This was the appeal made by Fr. Carlos Reyes, parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Mandaluyong City, on the 105th anniversary of the famous Fatima Apparition on Friday. “We are in troubled times and there is a need for us to pray the Holy Rosary daily for the intercession of the Blessed Mother to end the global pandemic coronavirus-19 (Covid-19), and Russia’s invasion in Ukraine for the world to have a lasting peace.
The Department of Health (DOH) 8 (Eastern Visayas) is eyeing the construction of a 300-bed tertiary hospital in Calbayog City to serve Samar Island’s three provinces, home to 1.2 million people. The DOH has created a technical working group (TWG) tasked to draft the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the new law that establishes the Samar Island Medical Center. DOH-8 Director Exuperia Sabalberino said Friday that the TWG had its first meeting on May 10 to plan, discuss, and prepare the information and documentation necessary to formulate the IRR for Republic Act 11703, “An Act Establishing in the City
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 3 (Central Luzon) has extended assistance to indigenous peoples (IPs) in Barangay Carael, Botolan, Zambales by providing them with tilapia fingerlings. In partnership with the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Infant Jesus, BFAR-3 released about 160,000 tilapia fingerlings in a fishpond being operated by the IPs. Zambales provincial fisheries officer Neil Encinares, along with Technology Outreach Station for Fresh Water Species officer in charge Antonio Taduan, led the activity on Friday to ensure the proper disposition of the fingerlings that would serve as an additional source of livelihood for the IPs. Encinares
The City of Sipalay in Negros Occidental has paid tribute to its very own Floyd Pison Bermejo, the wildlife photographer who captured the image of the Philippine Eagle featured in the new 1,000-peso banknote. Pison grew up in Barangay San Jose in the southern Negros city and is the son of an employee in the mines of the village. “He started bird-hunting with his father in the mountains of the city for food. Now, he does bird-hunting with a different weapon, a camera,” the city government said in a statement on Friday. Aside from being a wildlife photographer, Bermejo is
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas has endorsed to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) up to PHP450 daily minimum wage for workers in private establishments and PHP500 monthly increase for the salary of “kasambahay” or domestic service workers. “Acting on more than eight petitions for (a) wage increase and after proper study with positions filed by representatives coming from the employers, yesterday the board came into a decision to issue wage orders,” labor department regional director and RTWPB Region 6 chair, Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez Jr. said a press conference on Friday. For
A businessman father and his son defeated another father and son tandem in this year’s elections, ending the 30-year reign of their rivals in Matag-ob, Leyte. Bernie Tacoy, 50, was proclaimed the winner in the mayoralty race while his son, Vincent, 26, will be the new vice mayor. Both are first-timers in holding elective posts. Defeated were incumbent Mayor Michael Torrevillas and son, Vice Mayor Bushi. In 2019, the father and son ran unopposed. This year, they ran for a third and final term. The older Tacoy won with 8,186 votes against the 3,841 votes garnered by the current mayor,
