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REMAIN STRONG. The Philippine economy is expected to remain strong amidst the threat of inflation and monetary policy tightening around the world. It is seen to grow at around 8 percent level for the second quarter. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Growth in the second quarter and the rest of 2022 is expected to remain strong amid the threats of inflation and other external events. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort forecasts second quarter economic growth of a...

24 active Covid-19 cases in Lapu-Lapu

(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - The city government here will launch a massive coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) booster shots campaign to sustain protection for residents amid the pandemic. Data from the Department of Health-Western Visayas (DOH-6) on Wednesday showed that although Bacolod has reached a 145 percent vaccination coverage rate among its adult population, those who have received booster shots were only about 22 percent. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez acknowledged the city...

F2F CLASSES BACK SOON. Department of Education Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III says face-to-face classes will no longer be optional for public and private school learners starting Nov. 2, in a virtual briefing on Tuesday (July 12, 2022). He said options for blended learning and full distance learning will only be until Oct. 31, 2022. (Screengrab) MANILA- The Department of Education (DepEd) said Tuesday that mandatory classes for all public and private schools nationwide will start by November...

BACOLOD CITY - The province of Negros Occidental is nearing the 70 percent mark in its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination coverage as more Negrenses are scheduled to receive their second doses in the coming weeks. As of Tuesday, the latest records of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed that fully vaccinated Negrenses now total 1.377 million or 65.64 percent of the target 2.098 million vaccinees. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said once the 111,284 Negrenses schedul...

(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday lowered Taal Volcano's alert status, from Level 2 (decreased unrest) to Level 1 (low-level unrest). The volcano is still in an abnormal condition and the lowering of alert level status should not be interpreted as the threat of an eruption has disappeared, Phivolcs said. At Alert Level 1, sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions, volcanic earthquakes, minor ashfall and expulsions of volcanic g...

PRESS BRIEFING.Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (center) with spokesperson Lyzander Dilag (left) and City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III during a press conference at the Government Center on Monday (July 11, 2022). Benitez said he asked the City Legal Office to review the local government's vaccine purchase agreement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Philippines Inc. after the manufacturer asked for payment for the remaining 434,000 doses that the city has not officially receiv...

The Court of Appeals (CA) denied the petition of former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan, who was convicted for the Maguindanao Massacre, to be transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to a medical facility so he would be protected from threats posed by COVID-19.

The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the plea of detained former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Datu Zaldy Ampatuan for transfer to a hospital or other medical facility due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ampatuan had asked the Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) for his transfer d

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has dismissed the bid of Maguindanao massacre convict and former Gov. Zaldy U. Ampatuan to be “extricated” from the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa due to Covid-19 pandemic. In a 9-page decision penned by Associate Justice Angelene Mary W. Quimpo-Sale, the CA’s Special Division…