Comelec forms
monitoring panel
The
Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Zamboanga
city, in partnership with other
government agencies, has organized a committee to monitor campaign violations
and guidelines in line with the May 9, 2022 national and local elections.
Lawyer
Stephen Roy Cañete, first district election officer, said Wednesday the Comelec
campaign committee is composed of representatives from the Department of...
Friday, March 4, 2022
Zambo City suspends
vaccination of children
The Zamboanga
City Health Office has temporarily suspended the vaccination of children
aged 5 to 11 due to a lack of supply of vaccines against the coronavirus
disease 2019 (Covid-19).
“Once we
receive the additional supply, we will resume our activity,” said Dr. Dulce
Amor Miravite, city health officer, on Wednesday.
She noted
that a total of 13,548 children have so far received...
Zambo City installs alarm
system for security vehicles
The Zamboanga
city government is installing an automatic vehicle locator (AVL) on all mobile
assets of its security sector, especially those provided by the local
government.
The upgrade
comes as part of the emergency dispatch system being installed in the command
center of the Security and Surveillance Coordinating Office.
Christopher
Mandi, command center head, said Tuesday...
Zambo City shifts to Alert Level
1, retains RT-PCR requirement
Amid its
shift to Alert Level 1, the city government has retained the negative reverse
transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) requirement for inbound
travelers from areas with a higher alert level status.
The city
has been downgraded to Alert Level 1 by the national Inter-Agency Task Force
for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases effective...
Military airstrike hits lair of
DI terrorists in Lanao Sur
Military
officials said Tuesday their troops are relentlessly pursuing members of the
Dawlah Islamiya - Maute Group (DI-MG) in the periphery of Maguing, Lanao del
Sur after the reported massing up of extremists in the area.
The pursuit
operation came after combat aircraft bombarded a lair of the Islamic
State-inspired DI-MG terrorists led by Abu Zacharia, in Barangay...
Zambo City eyes vax sharing
with neighboring provinces
The local
government is eyeing to share part of the city-purchased AstraZeneca vaccines
with its neighboring province of Zamboanga Sibugay, and the island areas of
Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, which are part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Mayor Maria
Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Monday the PHP100-million worth of
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines...
DepEd-Zambo City chooses 119
schools for limited F2F classes
The
Department of Education (DepEd) here announced the selection of 119 primary and
secondary schools to join the limited face-to-face (F2F) classes once the alert
status of the city is downgraded from Level 3 to 1.
Dr. Rosalio
Conturno Jr., governance and operations section chief of DepEd’s city schools
division, said Monday only students from Kindergarten to Grades...
Sulu roadside bombing foiled
Government
troops have prevented a roadside bombing as they safely defused an improvised
explosive device (IED) in the province of Sulu, military officials announced
Monday.
Lt. Col.
Domingo Robles Jr., 35th Infantry Battalion commander, said the IED was
disarmed around 1:10 p.m. Sunday in Sitio Daan Putih, Barangay Anuling,
Patikul.
Robles said
the IED was located through the timely information provided...
Troops overrun DI
lair in Lanao del Sur
Troops have
overrun the lair of the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired Dawlah
Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in the hinterlands of Lanao del Sur, a top
military official announced Wednesday.
Brig. Gen.
Jose Maria Cuerpo II, 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the camp fell into
the hands of the government troops following hours of firefight against 60
DI-MG terrorists Tuesday...
CHED’s UniFAST attains nearly
100% fund utilization for FY 2020
The Unified
Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST), an
attached agency of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), posted a 99.67
percent overall budget utilization rate (BUR) of its continuing Fiscal Year
2020 allotment for the programs under Republic Act 10931 or Universal Access to
Quality Tertiary Education Act.
This...
Solon bucks granting
of legislative
franchises for 'e-sabong'
A
party-list lawmaker on Wednesday opposed the proposal that Congress should
provide legislative franchises to the operators of online cockfighting or
e-sabong.
In a
statement, Citizens’ Battle against Corruption (CIBAC) Party-list Rep. Bro
Eddie Villanueva said taking away the authority from Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) to grant licenses to operate...
Ex-Cebu mayor, 3 others get 10
years for illegal funds diversion
The
Sandiganbayan has convicted a former Cebu mayor and three other city officials
in corruption charges in connection with the anomalous diversion of PHP20
million in public funds earmarked for agricultural development into a private
company in 2007.
In a
119-page decision dated February 28, the anti-graft court's Sixth Division
found Bogo City Mayor Celestino...
Ashes on forehead sign of
God's great love: Advincula
Manila
Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula reminded the faithful that placing ashes on
the forehead is a sign of the great love of the Lord.
"The
ashes are imposed by making the sign of the cross to remind us that even if we
are sinners, there is hope because we have been redeemed by Christ through his
life-giving death on the cross," Advincula said in an interview over
Church-run...
Solon proposes changes
to oil deregulation law
The chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee on Wednesday proposed amendments to the Oil Deregulation Law to
enhance competition in the fuel sector, strengthen and institutionalize
consumer protection, and protect and promote national economic security.
Albay Rep.
Joey Salceda proposed a four-point amendment in response to a request from
Malacañang for Congress to...
Isko to push for the use
of renewable energy
Presidential
aspirant Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso said he will push for the use of
safer and cheaper renewable energy, and other sources of energy such as gas or
coal, in the country.
During his
campaign trail in Pilar, Bataan on Wednesday, Domagoso said the country could
draw inspiration from The Netherlands that generates its power mostly from
renewable sources.
“They are
resorting...
PH‘s lowest single-day tally
of Covid-19 cases this year
The
Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday logged 866 new cases of coronavirus
disease 2019 (Covid-19), the lowest single-day tally so far for this year.
The figure
is higher than the 421 infections reported on Dec. 28, 2021 -- the last time
the country saw the lowest three-digit daily new cases.
It pushed
the overall tally of confirmed infections to 3,663,920.
The...