CIDG gets new chief in latest PNP reshuffle
May 2, 2024
The Indian government renewed its support for a “strong, unified and prosperous” Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). During the Special Asean-India Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Thursday, Indian External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, said the Asean has always stood tall as a beacon of regionalism, multilateralism, and globalization. “India fully supports a strong, unified and prosperous Asean, one whose centrality in the Indo-Pacific is fully recognized. The strong convergence of the AOIP (Asean Outlook on the Indo-Pacific) and the IPOI (Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative) is a testimony to our shared vision for the region,” Jaiskhankar in his opening
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Oriental is ready for a smooth transition in government on June 30 in the different local government units (LGUs). In an interview on Thursday, DILG-Negros Oriental provincial director Farah Gentuya said the local government transition teams (LGTTs) have been organized as mandated by the agency’s memorandum circular and guidelines. “I would like to emphasize that the local governance transition team is not only for newly-elected officials but also for those re-elected as stipulated in the memorandum,” she said. The transition teams will ensure an effective turnover/continuance
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pangasinan provincial office has inaugurated the Balay Silangan Reformation Center in this town, the fourth in the entire province. In a phone interview on Thursday, PDEA Pangasinan director Rechie Camacho said there are nine reformists as initial clients of the center who will undergo general interventions like continuing education, health awareness, psychological, spiritual and physical activities such as counseling, moral recovery, values formation, personal and life skills. “There are three phases to the community-based rehabilitation at the center. The first phase is the mandatory in-house rehabilitation wherein clients will learn about the
The Department of Health Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1) remains vigilant against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Omicron sub-variant despite zero cases in the region as of Thursday. “We are strengthening border control protocols in coordination with the local government units to ensure that everyone who enters the region will be screened for signs and symptoms of Covid-19,” DOH-CHD-1 Covid-19 focal person Dr. Rheuel Bobis said in a virtual video presentation. Bobis said they are also in close coordination with the hospitals in the four provinces of the region in case the Omicron sub-variant enters
An economist has raised the possibility of a 50 basis points (bps) increase in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) key rates next week following the 75 basis points increase in the Federal Reserve’s rates on Wednesday. The BSP’s policy-making Monetary Board (MB) will have its rate-setting meeting on June 23. In a report on Thursday, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort said the 2.25 percent rate for the local central bank’s overnight reverse repurchase (RRP) rate “is already too close/tight vis-à-vis the upper-end of the Fed Funds Rate now already at 1.75 percent.”
The local government is holding a kite festival for the first time in two years to help revive the city’s tourism industry. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said part of the festival is the kite flying competition slated at 3 p.m. Sunday at the scenic Paseo del Mar. The annual kite festival was suspended in 2020 following the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic. “We are inviting kite enthusiasts to join the competition and help promote tourism,” Salazar said Thursday. There are two main categories in the competition: teen (13-17-years-old) and adult (18-years-old and above). Special awards will be given
