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Ministry of Health-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao director general Dr. Amirel Usman. (MOH-BARMM file photo) COTABATO CITY - Officials and medical practitioners of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are mourning the death of the region's Ministry of Health (MOH) director general due to a lingering illness. BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, in a statement Monday, said Dr. Amirel Usman, MOH-BARMM director general, is best remembered for "risking his own life to protect the people of the region" against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19...

DND officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Department of National Defense (DND) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. on Monday said he will do everything in his authority to ensure that the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty are protected. This is foremost in Faustino's 10-point agenda which seeks to align the department's policies with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s promise of a stronger and better Philippines through national unity, nation-building, and economic recovery. Faustino, in a statem...

BACOLOD CITY - The city has scrapped the negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result requirement for travelers from within Western Visayas and Negros Oriental effective Sunday afternoon. Mayor Evelio Leonardia, in a statement Monday, said the city government needs to balance the scale between public health and the socio-economic activities of its constituents that also involves travel and transport of essential goods to and from its territorial jurisdiction. "I have signed Executive Order (EO) 3 setting aside the requirement for a negative RT-PCR test res...

The facade of the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol building in Bacolod City. (PNA-Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - Local government officials in Negros Occidental are mourning the death of former provincial board member David Lacson after a battle with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, in a statement Monday, said the sudden demise of Lacson last week came as a shock to everyone. "Just when the numbers of Covid-19 cases are decreasing, we hear this sad news. This again is a reminder to everyone to remain vigilant in protecting ourselves against Covid-...

ELCAC PROJECTS. Zamboanga del Sur Governor Victor Yu (2nd from right) leads the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday (Oct. 30, 2021) for a PHP20-million development project in one of the two insurgency-cleared barangays in Guipos that will receive funding from the government. The projects to be carried out in Barangays Dalapan and Datagan are part of the Barangay Development Project, the flagship program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of 53IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some two insurgency-cleared barangays in Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur will each receive ...