Health office declares Dengue
outbreak for Zamboanga City
By Letty Militante
The City Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council (ZCDRRMC)has declared dengue outbreak following city
exceeded dengue epidemic threshold for four (4) consecutive weeks in this city.
Records showed that from January
1 to April 2,2022, total dengue cases climbed to 893 with 11 mortalities .
Chief Dr. Ivy Iturralde...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
DOH-9 alarmed over
60% vax rate among seniors
An official
of the Department of Health in the Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-9) is alarmed over
the 60 percent vaccination of senior citizens in the region, saying the figure
should be higher considering they are a vulnerable population.
Dr. Lenny Joy Johnson-Rivera, DOH-9 assistant director, said Wednesday at least
196,891 senior citizens in the region are fully vaccinated, comprising 60
percent...
2 Zambo Norte
villages get ELCAC projects
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Two
Zamboanga del Norte barangays have received two infrastructure projects funded
under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict
(NTF-ELCAC).
Barangays Pange and Macasing in Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte, received early
this week a seven-kilometer, farm-to-market-road and a PHP3 million hanging
bridge, respectively, said Josecor Gepolongca, chairperson of MTF-ELCAC.
In...
1ID deploys new
soldiers for poll duties in western Mindanao
The 1st
Infantry Division (1ID) is deploying an additional 176 new soldiers to help
secure the May 9 national and local elections in its area of operations.
The area of operations of 1ID consists of the Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Lanao
del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and parts of Lanao del Sur.
Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, 1ID commander, said Tuesday the 176 new...
Marine soldiers
rescue 9 passengers after boat capsized off Sulu
Troops
belonging to the 4th Marine Brigade rescued nine passengers of a capsized boat
off the waters of Barangay Tandu Bato, Luuk, Sulu, over the weekend.
Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, Joint Task Force-Sulu commander, said in a
statement Monday the nine passengers -- two adults and seven minors -- were
rescued Sunday from an “overloaded” boat that capsized after being...
Be informed: How
to cast votes in ‘22 polls amid a pandemic
More than
65.7 million Filipinos will be eligible to cast their ballots in the May 2022
national and local elections, aside from the 1.697 million Filipinos overseas.
It may seem
easy, but health risks posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have
resulted in some changes in the step-by-step voting process to ensure the
health and safety of people within the...
NTF-ELCAC ‘best
thing that happened’ to PH
The
creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict
(NTF-ELCAC) is “the best thing” that happened to the Philippines, Defense
Undersecretary Cesar Yano said Wednesday.
Yano, who
also heads the NTF-ELCAC’s peace, law enforcement and development support
cluster, said fighting the communist terrorist groups (CTGs) and their impact
was best done through the government’s...
Palace hopes
Comelec infighting won’t affect ‘22 polls integrity
Malacañang
on Wednesday expressed optimism that the supposed conflict among top officials
of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not affect the integrity of the
May 9, 2022 national and local elections.
This, after
Comelec Commissioner Socorro Inting on Tuesday resigned as head of the poll
body’s gun ban committee.
Inting’s
resignation was an act of “protest”...
No campaigning
on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday: Comelec
The
Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday reminded candidates in the May 9
national and local polls as well as their supporters that campaigning is
prohibited on April 14 (Maundy Thursday) and April 15 (Good Friday).
In an
interview, Comelec Commissioner George Garcia urged aspirants and their
supporters to take a two-day break from campaigning. He also...
Groups remain
relentless in unmasking Reds-linked groups
Groups of
parents and other anti-communist organizations have again vowed to be more
relentless in “unmasking” all legal front organizations of the Communist Party
of the Philippines-New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front
(CPP-NPA-NDF).
Members of
the League of Parents of the Philippines (LPP) or the Liga ng mga Magulang,
Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI),...