It’s all systems go for the Police Regional Office (PRO) – Cordillera in terms of securing the region during the Undas (All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day) long weekend, its chief said on Wednesday. “May ginawa na tayo na Operation Plan (Oplan) dyan para mag-handle ng Undas activities. May ilalagay na mga pulis sa sementeryo, places of convergence dahil hindi lang naman ang activities ay nasa sementeryo kasi nagbibisita din sa mga tourist spots ang mga mamamayan at mga turista (We have drawn up an operation plan to handle the activities for Undas. Police personnel will be stationed
The Department of Education (DepEd) said Wednesday mandatory face-to-face classes will push through as scheduled starting November 2, despite threats of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) omicron XBB and XBC subvariants. In a radio interview, DepEd spokesperson Michael Poa said despite the detection of the XBB and XBC omicron subvariants in the country, Department Order (DO) 44 will remain effective. “Sa ngayon, wala po tayong pagbabago doon sa amendatory DO na na-issue po natin last Monday (As of now, there’s no changes in our amendatory DO which we issued last Monday),” he said. Under DO 44,
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman gained another feather in her cap after the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) named her as Outstanding Public Servant. On her official Facebook page, Pangandaman shared a photo of a certificate of appreciation, ribbon and a trophy featuring the blindfolded Lady Justice with a sword in one hand and scales in the other which she received from the PAO. “My heartfelt thank you to the Public Attorney’s Office for awarding me Outstanding Public Servant. Rest assured I will always do my best in serving our country,” she said in her Facebook page. Late last
Two more members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) have surrendered to authorities in Basilan province, an official said Wednesday. Maj. Allan Alog, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Basilan Field Unit chief, said Roy Cablangan, 29’ and Abdussamir Dapilin, 30, yielded around 6 p.m. Tuesday to the police in Isabela City, Basilan. Alog said personnel of the CIDG, Regional Intelligence Unit-9, and Isabela City Police Station facilitated the surrender of the duo, “who chose to embrace and return to the fold of the law.” He said Cablangan, of Barangay Macalang, Al-Barka, was a follower of Basilan-based ASG
The provincial government of Negros Oriental continues to remain under Alert Level 2 status due to its poor accomplishment in the vaccination drive against Covid-19. Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, in a press briefing Wednesday, said as of Oct. 18, the total number of individuals who received the full vaccination of Covid-19, including the one-shot Janssen vaccine, is 660,056. This represents 57.47 percent of the province’s total target of 1,148,424 individuals to be vaccinated, she said. Estacion appealed to the people to have themselves vaccinated even though the number of Covid-19 cases in Negros Oriental
Call for a WHO Resolution to kick-start necessary action CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF) has today launched the second edition of the Self-Care Readiness Index, examining how self-care policies are being implemented across the world. The first and second editions of the Index, together covering […]
