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SAFE POLLS. As part of its mandate to ensure the safe conduct of the elections, the Philippine National Police in Davao Region processes over 60 security detail applications from political candidates during the election period. Police Region Office-11 director, Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo, Jr. said they are tasked to validate the necessity of each application before forwarding these to the PNP headquarters for approval. (PNA photo by Christine Cudis) DAVAO CITY - Over 60 political candidates in Region 11 have applied for personal protection from the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the May 9 local and national elections. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo Jr., Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) director, said the applications have been forwarded to the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, as of March 30. "These applications from political candidates have been assessed by our team here in Davao Region and upon validation that there are indeed risks to their safety, we f ....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Eight municipalities in the province of Lanao del Norte have been declared "drug-free" based on the assessment by the Northern Mindanao's Regional Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs (ROCDD) and verified by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 10 (PDEA-10). In a statement on Friday, the provincial government identified the declared drug-free were the municipalities of Linamon, Matungao, Magsaysay, Nunungan, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Tangcal, Kolambugan, and Pantao Ragat. Governor Imelda Quibranza-Dimaporo said these municipalities will receive a cash incentive of PHP30,000 each, which can be claimed at the Provincial Treasurer's Office. "I congratulate and thank you for all your actions and support to make your respective communities drug-free. But, I am appealing that these measures must continue even without evaluations. Sustainability is essential for progress and development," she said. The recognition was announced durin ....
Dr. Jerie Calingasan, head of the Provincial Health Office of Misamis Oriental(File photo) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The provincial government of Misamis Oriental has urged all provincial hospitals to ready the ambulances during the start of the five to 11 years old vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). During the weekly flag-raising Monday, Dr. Jerie Calingasan, provincial health officer and the provincial anti-Covid-19 task force chief, said this will provide a quick medical response for children who may experience severe side effects. The province has eight provincial hospitals that are located in the towns of Talisayan, Manticao, Magsaysay, Initao, Claveria, Balingasag, Alubijid and Gingoog City. All of the hospitals, Calingasan said, must also ensure that there is a pediatrician on duty to assist the vaccinated children. Calingasan also confirmed that the pediatric vaccination in Misamis Oriental on February 22 will be held at the provincial capitol, specifically at ....
(Image grabbed from PAGASA's Facebook page) MANILA - The weather in areas of the Visayas and Mindanao where Typhoon Odette passed through is now improving, the weather bureau said on Friday. "We're talking of Eastern Visayas and Mindanao, even Central Visayas and northern Mindanao, are having an improved weather," Benison Estareja, weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in a briefing. Estareja said PAGASA is now monitoring most of Palawan, which is experiencing heavy rains due to Odette. Also affected are Western Visayas and the rest of southern Luzon, he added. For the last 24 hours, the typhoon has already made landfalls over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte; Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands; Liloan, Southern Leyte; Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte; Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol; Bien Unido, Bohol; Carcar, Cebu; and La Libertad, Negros Oriental. Odette was last tracked 90 kilometers south southwest ....
Anilao, Batangas (Photo courtesy of DOT) MANILA - The Philippines has once again secured the title of the world's leading dive destination at the prestigious 2021 World Travel Awards (WTA). "This distinction is indeed a great privilege, yet, it underlines our great responsibility of protecting and conserving our underwater resources so that these will also be enjoyed and experienced in their pristine natural state by future generations," Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said Thursday as she welcomed the citation. This is the third consecutive year that the Philippines won the said award. It bested other dive destinations in the world, such as the Maldives, Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Azores Islands, Bora Bora in French Polynesia, Cayman Islands, Fiji, Galapagos Islands, and Mexico. The Philippines boasts of having the best diving destinations with biologically diverse marine and aquatic resources. It not only belongs to the magnificent Coral Triangle-dubbed as th ....