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April 24, 2024
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) inaugurated the Malaybalay City Jail Reformatory Center in Bukidnon, the first among the three jail-based drug reformation centers built under the “Kanlungan sa Piitan” project of the BJMP and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). BJMP chief Jail Director Allan Iral thanked the DDB under the leadership of Secretary Catalino Cuy for supporting the BJMP’s anti-drug reform programs particularly the provision of funding for the reformation center. “This will answer major concerns of the BJMP, especially in providing specialized care to the drug-affected sector of the PDL population,” Iral said in
At least PHP93.1 million worth of crops, fisheries, and power and flood control projects were destroyed as Tropical Storm Paeng battered Bicol on Saturday, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in the region said on Sunday. In an interview, Gremil Alexis Naz, OCD-Bicol spokesperson, said the initial consolidated damage reports came from the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, Masbate, and Sorsogon. “For Albay, the cost of damage in agriculture is PHP22 million, for Camarines Sur damage in rice, high-value crops and fisheries reached PHP66.5 million, Masbate with PHP2.9 million and in Sorsogon, PHP129,433 damage,” he said. A
House Speaker Martin Romualdez called for a comprehensive assessment of the damage and destruction caused by Tropical Storm Paeng in several parts of the country. There is also a possibility of making adjustments in the proposed PHP5.268-trillion national budget for next year to fund the needs of affected areas, Romualdez said in a statement on Sunday. “Asahan po ninyo na gagawin namin ang lahat para makabangon muli ang ang mga kababayan natin mula sa panibagong hamong ito na hinaharap natin ngayon (You can be assured that we will do everything to help affected Filipinos recover from this disaster),”
