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(PHIVOLCS) A 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook parts of southern Mindanao at around 10:25 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The epicenter of the earthquake was traced 49 kilometers (km) northwest of Kiamba, Sarangani at a shallow depth of 2

US DONATION. National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (center), leads other officials and guests in welcoming the arrival of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 on Thursday night (Feb. 10, 2022). More than four million doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived, 780,000 doses of which are for the vaccination of minors aged five years to 11 years. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The government has received a positi...

A police officer from Cotabato City has died of COVID-19, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.

Cotabato and Iligan, two of the highly-urbanized cities (HUCs) in Mindanao, are now classified as “moderate risk,” but the rest of the HUCs in the region are still classified as “high risk” for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, Feb. 10. (Image courtesy of D

The OCTA Research group on Thursday said it expects most of the highly urbanized cities in Mindanao to improve to moderate risk by next week.

A majority of highly urbanized cities in Mindanao may be classified as moderate risk for COVID-19 next week, according to the OCTA Research Group.

5 HUCs in Mindanao still at high risk for Covid-19

GOOD GOVERNANCE. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) leaders turn over a barangay hall in North Cotabato's Special Geographic Area village of Sambulawan (left) and hold a groundbreaking program for a Bangsamoro marketplace building in Barangay Kapinpilan (right), both in Midsayap town on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). The projects have a combined worth of PHP18 million. (Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office - BARMM) COTABATO CITY - More government infrastructures ar...

BUSTED DRUG PEDDLERS. Anti-narcotics operatives in Maguindanao conduct an audit of the shabu seized in an anti-drug operation carried out in Cotabato City on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). Thirteen drug suspects and three drug dens were dismantled during Wednesday's operations. (Photos courtesy of PDEA-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Thirteen persons, including a village watchman, were arrested and three drug dens were dismantled during simultaneous anti-drug operations carried out in Lanao del Sur and Ma...

The government’s pandemic task force is expected to announce by Feb. 14 the updated alert levels as it continues to assess existing restrictions in light of the slowdown in the rate of COVID-19 infections.