Friday, March 4, 2022

 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...
 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...