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CLOSED. The Mamasapano town hall in Maguindanao is temporarily shut down until next Monday (Oct. 18, 2021) for disinfection and decontamination after an employee tested positive for Covid-19. Town residents were advised to temporarily make their transactions online with the local government units workers on a work-from-home scheme. (Photo courtesy of Mamasapano LGU) COTABATO CITY - The municipal hall of Mamasapano in Maguindanao has been shut down after one of its employees tested positive for c...

Mayor Jean Dino Roquero of Pigcawayan, North Cotabato (Photo courtesy of Pigcawayan LGU) COTABATO CITY - Malacanang has turned around a preventive suspension order issued by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of North Cotabato against a town mayor. Lawyer Noel Gretare, counsel for Mayor Jean Dino Roquero of Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, said Wednesday the latter, being the subject of the SP suspension order, will continue to function as the town's chief executive. "The Malacanang order is ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Admission in hospitals catering to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) have eased in the last two weeks as the number of new infections in the area continues to decrease. A report from the Department of Health-Region 12's (DOH-12) epidemiology and surveillance unit (RESU) said the occupancy rate for Covid-19 as of Wednesday is down to the warning level after reaching the danger zone in the past weeks. It said some 774 or about 40 perc...

POST-HARVEST FACILITY. Agriculture and fishery officials of the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao break ground for a seaweed storage facility in Barangay Sarmiento, Parang, Maguindanao on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). The PHP4.7-million seaweed support facility is expected to boost the production of seaweed in the province amid the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of MAFAR-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - Production of seaweeds in Maguindanao is expected to improve amid the pandemic with the groundbreaking for the ...

READY TO SERVE. Two of the 32 health front-liners newly hired by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Ministry of Health to boost its health programs take their oath of office before regional health officials on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021) at the BARMM government center in Cotabato City. The health workers will be deployed soon across the region. (Photo courtesy of MOH-BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The Ministry of Health - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) hired Tue...

Cebu Pacific (CEB) has transported more than 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses across the country since March this year, marking another milestone in its delivery efforts. Over the past week, CEB airlifted vaccine doses to 15 provinces namely: Bohol, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Masbate, Pagadian,…

Dr. Edvir Jane Montaner, Department of Health-Region 12 immunization manager (PNA GenSan photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 is pushing for the opening of more vaccination sites for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to further fast track the continuing mass rollout in the area. Dr. Edvir Jane Montaner, DOH-12 immunization manager, said on Tuesday they are continually encouraging and lobbying with the local government units to increase the current 333 vaccina...

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is set to build more training centers nationwide as it forged partnerships with local stakeholders in the provinces.

CHARRED. Photo shows the ill-fated Husky bus after firefighters put off the fire on Monday (Oct. 11) afternoon in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. Investigators said the blaze emanated from the rear portion of the engine compartment of the General Santos City-bound passenger bus. (Photo courtesy of Datu Odin MPS) DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao - A fire of still unknown origin hit a passenger bus in this town on Monday afternoon. Lt. Colonel Rommel Dela Vega, Datu Odin Sinsuat town police chief, s...

CRIME SCENE. Photo shows the pharmacy owned by Dessirie Jumalon Rabia in barangay Rosary Heights 11 in Cotabato City. Rabia was shot and killed by one of two motorcycle-riding-in-tandem assailants who pretended as a customer inside the pharmacy on Monday (Oct. 11) morning. (Photo from Rabia's FB page) COTABATO CITY - A pursuit operation is underway for a motorcycle-riding tandem who shot and killed a drug store owner in Barangay Rosary Heights 11 here on Monday morning. Capt. Rustom Pastoler...