PAGASA warns of dangerous heat index in 38 areas
April 25, 2024
Authorities have facilitated the surrender of a supposed armed group leader and a member, preventing the rise of a private army in Tawi-Tawi, a top police official said Saturday. Col. Richard Verceles, Area Police Command-Western Mindanao operation chief, said Ussam Kipli, 61, group leader; and member Gafar Sakaddin,49, surrendered around 2 p.m. Friday in Barangay Poblacion, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Verceles said two surrendered to the police following an intelligence-driven operation against the Usam clan led by Kipli. Kipli and Sakaddin surrendered a cal.38 revolver and a Garand rifle. The clan is a potential private armed group operating
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III sees President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s decision to transfer supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as crucial in providing more jobs for Filipinos and boosting their productivity. Marcos signed Executive Order (EO) 5 on Friday ordering the transfer of the supervision of the TESDA from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the DOLE whose secretary shall be the chairperson of the TESDA Board. Calling it a “brilliant move,” Pimentel said on Saturday he fully supports the President’s decision.
Lawyer Victor Rodriguez will be stepping down as Executive Secretary (ES) and assume a new role as Presidential Chief of Staff (PCS). Rodriguez made the announcement in a press statement sent to Palace reporters on Saturday. “I have asked permission to step down as Executive Secretary,” he said. “To the Filipino people, I shall continue serving you and the country as the Presidential Chief of Staff.” Rodriguez stepped down from his position as primus inter pares (first among equals) after getting Marcos’ permission, the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) said in a separate statement. The
The World Health Organization (WHO) called for further efforts and actions to enhance patient safety at a meeting in Hànoi on September 16, marking Patient Safety Day 2022 (September 17). At the event, participants heard that unsafe medication practices and medication errors are leading causes of avoidable harm in health care across the world. Medication errors occur when weak medication systems and human factors such as fatigue, poor environmental conditions, or staff shortage affect prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring practices, which can then result in severe patient harm, disability, and even death. “Medication errors can occur
Increased exchanges on energy, food security, and defense between France and the Philippines are seen following a phone call between Presidents Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Emmanuel Macron on Friday. “This year marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the two Heads of State discussed strengthening bilateral relations. They agreed to continue deepening trade in the field of low-carbon energy, food security, defense and human trade,” the Elysee Palace said in a statement uploaded on its official website. The French Embassy in Manila on Saturday said Macron told Marcos about France’s thrust in the Indo-Pacific
After a two-year pandemic pause, the Negros Trade Fair (NTF) returns for its 36th edition and will feature new countryside-based artisans – the “tikog” (reed grass) weavers of the now insurgent-free Sitio (hamlet) Madaja in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Before it became a conflict-free area, Sitio Madaja was vulnerable to the influence of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). “They rejected the NPA and supported the government. We want them to become a benchmark, a model sitio that will be developed through the engagement,” Capt. Eduardo Rarugal Jr., Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion
