Bicol’s Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) has placed all disaster response offices on “standby status” after Mayon Volcano’s alert level status was raised from 1 (abnormal) to 2 (increasing unrest). In a memorandum issued on Friday evening, Claudio Yucot, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) 5 (Bicol) director and Bicol DRRMC chairperson,…
Thirty-two former members of the New People’s Army pledged their allegiance to the government and promised to make the most out of their second chance to a better life at Camp Gen. Simeon Ola here on Saturday. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, witnessed the activity and the turnover of livelihood…
Ormoc City on Saturday held a plebiscite for the merger of its 28 barangays and the renaming of Barangay District 29. A total of 10,209 voters are expected to cast their vote in 35 clustered precincts at the Ormoc Central School opened from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner…
The municipality of Loreto in Agusan del Sur has surpassed its vaccination goal against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) while six others have administered at least the first dose to all target residents. Data obtained from the Provincial Health Office of Agusan del Sur (PHO-ADS) on Saturday indicated that 33,405 Loreto residents are already…
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is heightening its monitoring of Masbate’s Milagros Bay after laboratory results confirmed samples collected in the area are positive for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) or red tide toxin. The PSP toxin level in shellfish samples collected from Milagros Bay recorded 60.99 to 127.06 micrograms of saxitoxin,…
Taiwan is encouraging more Filipinos to apply for its foreign English teacher program next year. In 2022 alone, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Representative Peiyung Hsu said a total of 77 Filipino-English teachers and 11 teaching assistants have been selected from 6,000 applicants. “We welcome more teachers to join the project next…
