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MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato — Police and military forces here have been placed on heightened alert after a foiled bombing attempt on Thursday evening, (October 14). Additional checkpoints have also been set up around town and plainclothes police personnel have been deployed with police force multiplie

BTA-BARMM Member of Parliament Narciso Yu Ekey. (File photo courtesy of BTA-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A member of the regional law-making body Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) has filed a bill seeking the establishment of dialysis centers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Businessman and Member of Parliament (MP) Narciso Yu Ekey said Friday his proposal would benefit both Moro and non-Moro residents who have renal issues in BARMM and in 63 villages in North Cotaba...

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives is targeting to transmit its approved version of the 2022 General Appropriations Bill to the Senate on or before October 27 to give senators ample time to examine the government's spending plan for next year, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said on Friday. In a statement, Velasco said the House-approved version of the proposed 2022 national budget contained institutional amendments designed to help boost the gover...

Most-Barmm gives P4.5-M equipment to 5 cooperatives

More LGUs relax domestic travel curbs, airlines say

MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has granted a plea filed by former Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan to be allowed to travel to the United States while his appeal on the graft case against him remains pending. In a resolution dated Sept. 29 uploaded on the SC website on Tuesday the SC's First Division allowed Cunanan to travel to the US from October 7 to November 5. Last July 14, the SC already granted Cunanan's motion to travel from ...

F2F PILOT SCHOOL. Preparations are underway at the remote Bato Elementary School in Makilala, North Cotabato, including the setting up of temporary learning shelters (inset), where face-to-face classes will be piloted starting Nov. 15, 2021. Officials said no coronavirus disease 2019 cases have been recorded in the village since the pandemic was declared in March last year. (Photo by Johan Andrew Tabugoc - PNA Cotabato) MAKILALA, North Cotabato - A quake-stricken primary school in remote Baranga...

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives has allocated PHP20 billion for the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and booster shots, as well as PHP4.5 billion for the special risk allowance of public and private health care workers. House Appropriations Committee chair Eric Yap said these are among the amendments introduced by the small committee to House Bill 10153 or the proposed PHP5.024-trillion budget for 2022, which would be "crucial for our full recovery from the pandemic a...

BOOSTING COVID-19 RESPONSE. Photo shows the new PHP25-million Covid-19 isolation facility that was turned over in Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday (Oct. 13, 2021). Dr. Bashary Latiph (inset), BARMM health chief, said the 100-bed facility will serve not only Malabang constituents but also patients from other towns. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Health officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have turned over a 100-bed isolation facility for coro...

THE House of Representatives has introduced amendments involving a total of P65.5 billion in the P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Bill for 2022, a leader of the lower chamber said on Thursday. House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Eric Yap said these amendments to House Bill 10153 or the 2022 GAB include P20…