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May 18, 2024
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Ilocos regional office prohibits the gathering, harvesting, selling, and eating of tilapia from the San Roque Dam’s reservoir due to the high presence of arsenic in the fish. San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) vice president for corporate social responsibility Tommy Valdez said the samples taken from the reservoir had never passed the standard of BFAR since 2019. “BFAR’s standard for arsenic is two micrograms per kilogram (mg/km), and the samples taken from the reservoir is between 4.9 mg/km to 8.3 mg/km,” he said in a statement on Friday. The
Classes have been suspended while residents have been evacuated following a series of clashes between Philippine Army troops and communist rebels in the remote villages of Himamaylan City in central Negros Occidental since Thursday. On Friday, schools were closed in the city’s Barangays Carabalan and Cabadiangan and Barangays Bi-ao and Payao of the adjacent Binalbagan town. In separate announcements, both Mayors Rogelio Raymund Tongson of Himamaylan and Alejandro Mirasol of Binalbagan said no classes starting Friday until further notice. “Please continue praying for our city and our people, especially to our brothers and sisters in Carabalan,” Tiongson
The United States has donated PHP7.6 million worth of disaster relief supplies to Cagayan, the US Embassy in Manila said Friday. The donation includes tents and medical supplies, dive equipment and two rubber boats with outboard motors valued to support local humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness in Tuguegarao City, according to the embassy news release. US Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) leader Captain Stephen Coleman led the turnover to the Tuguegarao Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and to hospitals in the province on September 28. “Cagayan has 28
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday launched a program aimed at implementing a whole-of-nation approach to eliminate illegal drugs in the country. In a statement, Interior Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” C. Abalos, Jr. said the campaign, dubbed as “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” or BIDA Program, is in line with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. administration’s commitment to continue the campaign against illegal drugs “within the framework of the law and with respect for human rights and with focus on rehabilitation and socio-economic development.” He said the BIDA advocacy program banks on the best practices
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is expecting to finish this month its verification of the records of more than 48,000 Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) workers whose visas were already canceled. “This is more than 48,000. It’s quite a tedious task, admittedly, but we are confident that within the month we will see a breakdown of which of these numbers have already left the country and which are the ones that would be leaving,” BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said at the Laging Handa briefing on Friday. The BI earlier canceled the visa of these foreign workers after the
A former vice mayor of Calbiga, Samar was gunned down by a soldier listed as AWOL (absence without leave) along a major highway in the province on Friday morning, the police reported. Miguel Abaigar Jr., 54, a resident of Canticum village in Calbiga town, was biking in Timbangan village when Allan Malageuno, 43, a resident of Catbalogan City, shot him using a .45 caliber pistol. The bullet hit Abaigar’s back killing him instantly, according to the police. The suspect was identified with the help of witnesses. After the shooting, the suspect on board a motorcycle drove
