The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Northern Mindanao region (DSWD-10) was able to distribute a total of PHP102,696,000 worth of educational assistance to qualified students. In an interview on Sunday, Roshiel Galia, DSWD-10 Information Officer, said this was the data tallied from the six Saturdays of distribution from Aug. 20 to Sept. 24, with total beneficiaries of 35,849. Galia said the educational assistance was placed under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) which is a regular program of DSWD. “Sec. (Erwin) Tulfo (during his term) has mainstreamed the program into massive payouts
The House of Representatives has approved at least 76 percent of all government agencies’ budgets before wrapping up the floor debates and moves for the approval of the PHP5.268-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP). House Majority Leader and Rules Committee Chair Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe on Friday said utilizing the various teams that he created to manage the flow of deliberations in the plenary, the House has approved the budget of a total of 54 departments, attached agencies, and constitutional bodies, failing only to act on budget of four agencies. “The implementation of schedules and the flow of the
The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center (RDRRMC) on Sunday put its operation center under “red alert status” in preparation for Super Typhoon Karding. Cesar M. Idio, chairperson of the RDRRMC and regional director of the Office of Civil Defense-Central Luzon (OCD-3), said the provincial, city and municipal disaster councils all over the region are now closely monitoring the situation as “Karding” further intensified as it moves westward towards the northern portion of Quezon-southern portion of Aurora. Idio said the local disaster risk reduction and management councils are directed to closely monitor the situation in their
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) has postponed its scheduled Sunday doubleheader as Metro Manila braces for the impact of Super Typhoon Karding. Meralco is supposed to play NLEX in the first game set at 4:30 p.m., while Ginebra is supposed make its anticipated Commissioner’s Cup debut against Converge at 6:45 p.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The league later announced that the third leg of the PBA 3×3 season scheduled for Monday and Tuesday at Robinsons Place Antipolo has been called off too. “Meralco vs. NLEX and Converge vs. Ginebra as well as [the]
Alert members of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) were quick to respond to a robbery incident in Barangay Buhangin that resulted in the neutralization of the suspect over the weekend. Based on the DCPO report, victim Quency Rose Guimban immediately reported the incident to the Buhangin police, which promptly conducted a hot pursuit operation that led to the killing of suspect Aaron Tamano. His cohort escaped. Guimban said two male riders on board a motorcycle blocked her path while she was walking and forcibly took her shoulder bag containing a mobile phone worth PHP7,000, cash amounting
Classes in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces are suspended on Monday as a precaution against the possible effects of Super Typhoon Karding. As of the 2 p.m. weather bulletin, Polillo Islands; extreme northern portion of Quezon (the northern and central portions of General Nakar, the northeastern portion of Infanta); extreme southern portion of Aurora (Dingalan); eastern portion of Bulacan (Doña Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray); and extreme southeastern portion of Nueva Ecija (the southeastern portion of General Tinio) are under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 5. The northern portion of Metro Manila (Marikina, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela,
