Day: October 8, 2024

TACLOBAN CITY: Mayor Alfred Romualdez, the President’s first cousin, on Tuesday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a fresh term as the city’s chief executive with the support of Vice Mayor Edwin Chua, who used to be his fierce critic. ‘It was a long journey, and we will continue that journey. I am very thankful for the people who gave me the opportunity to serve. There are many things I want to do in Tacloban,’ Romualdez told reporters. Accompanied by some members of the Chua clan, Romualdez filed his certificate of candidacy at the city election office here before

MANILA: The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), former operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), on Tuesday abolished 844 plantilla positions following the airport’s privatization. Most of these were the positions of those who joined the new management, the New NAIA Infrastructure Corp. (NNIC), which took over operations on Sept. 14. The MIAA, now a regulator, is still waiting for the Governance Commission for GOCCs’ (GCG) approval of the proposed organizational structure. Head executive assistant Chris Bendijo said the MIAA had requested 1,463 positions. Asked when they could expect GCG’s answer, Bendijo said they could not determine it. “We

MANILA: A lawmaker on Tuesday urged all commercial and government establishments to implement express or priority lanes for persons with disabilities (PWD) in their facilities. Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. cited a seven-page legal opinion signed by Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Raul Vasquez, on behalf of Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, which emphasized that the implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act (RA) No. 10754 require both private and government entities to provide such lanes. RA 10754 is the Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability. ‘In the absence of physical express lanes

The United Nations Habitat Philippines (UN-Habitat) and the Surigao City government opened Monday the city’s first model housing unit for the Sama-Badjau residents. The model housing unit, a quadruplex that could accommodate four families, was opened and turned over to the recipient Sama-Badjau families. UN Resident Coordinator in the Philippines Gustavo Gonzales and Surigao City Mayor Pablo Yves Dumlao II handed over the certificate of ownership of the first housing unit to the Sama-Badjau community in Sitio Panubigon, Barangay Lipata, represented by chieftain Dahila Araman. Launched on March 21, the Huy-anan nan Bajau sa Surigao Project (Bajau Housing Project) has

Shellfish ban are up in 10 areas in Eastern Visayas this week, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Tuesday. In its advisory, the BFAR said the red tide was detected in the seawater samples collected in the coastal waters of Leyte, Leyte, and Calbayog City in Samar province, based on the latest sampling. Last week, the bureau said eight bodies of water in Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran province had been contaminated with red tide toxins, based on shellfish meat sampling. These included Biliran Island in Biliran province; Carigara Bay in Babatngon, San Miguel, Barugo, Carigara,

Western Visayas is now on the road to recovery from the impact of the African swine fever (ASF), with the Department of Agriculture kicking off its sentinelling program in the region. Iloilo Provincial Veterinarian IV Wendy Degillo said Tuesday that the swine dispersal started in five barangays in the municipality of Oton on Oct. 4. “Actually, in the whole Western Visayas, Oton is the first. They have 225 farmer-beneficiaries, but the delivery of piglets is by batch. Last Friday, they distributed 73 piglets for five barangays,” she said in an interview. The recipients came from Barangays Mambog, Bita Sur, Bita