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CAPIZ FLOODS. Flooding hits an area in Capiz on Saturday (April 16, 2022) after the onslaught of Tropical Storm Agaton. President Rodrigo Duterte conducted an aerial inspection of the province to assess damage from the storm. (Photo Courtesy: Rey Baniquet/ Presidential Photo) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Monday increased damage and losses to the agricultural sector amounting to PHP725.2 million in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Agaton's onslaught. The latest bulletin showed it has affected 19,424 farmers thus far, particularly in Western and Eastern Visayas, Zam...

(File photo) LAOAG CITY - The provincial government of Ilocos Sur has suspended the rule requiring the use of the Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage (S-PaSS), a travel management system for easier contact tracing purposes, for travelers. Dr. Trina Tabboga-Talaga, medical chief of the Ilocos Sur Provincial Hospital-Gabriela Silang, confirmed this on Monday as part of simplifying and easing travel protocols for fully vaccinated individuals. "Effective today, wala po munang S-PaSS and Ilocos Sur. Kailangan lang po vax card and ID. Dapat po fully vaxxed tayo. Salamat (Effective today, there shall...

Philippine Red Cross-Zamboanga City Chapter molecular laboratory (Photo courtesy of Celso Lobregat) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Once the sixth city government-owned molecular laboratory starts operations here, there is a possibility of granting free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. Free tests will be subject to the policies that will be set by concerned departments such as the City Health Office and City Budget Office,according to Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Saturday. "We are thinking, subject to the policies that the City Health Office and the City Budget ...

NO Q-PASS. Policemen issue citation tickets to residents caught going out of their residence without the required quarantine pass on Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2021). The city police strengthened the inspection of quarantine passes as Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar urged Zamboanguenos to make the ongoing battle against Covid-19 a personal responsibility. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Wednesday called on the people here to consider the continuing fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as their personal responsibility, as the ...