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(File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said it has already achieved its target of at least 1.5 million voter registrants, with over a week before the registration deadline. Based on its latest figures as of Jan. 22, the poll body said a total of 1,537,872 applications have been filed in all registration sites in connection with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) set this October. Earlier, the Comelec projected that some 1.5 million to 2 million applicants will register during the period which started on Dec. 12, 2022 and will run until Jan. 3...

Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) is ready to answer questions about the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine deployment program and face any investigation on wastage of the jabs, a health official said Friday. In a media forum, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country's Covid-19 vaccine wastage is less than the 10 percent threshold set by the World Health Organization. On Wednesday, Senator Risa Hontiveros called for a Senate investigation on expired and unused Covid-19 vaccines wh...

MANGO FEST. Sweet mangoes from Guimaras are on display in the ongoing agri-trade fair of the Manggahan Festival at the provincial capitol ground in the municipality of Jordan. Apart from sweet mangoes, the province also produces skilled laborers in mango wrapping, trainers and experts that are in demand in other mango-producing provinces in the country. (PNA photo by Perla G. Lena) ILOILO CITY - The province of Guimaras is known not only for its sweet mangoes but also for its labor force with special skills in fruit wrapping, mango experts and trainers. "We have a special skill in Guimara...

CONSTRUCTIONMATERIALS. The 100-cubic meter woods currently in Barangay Alibunan, Calinog are being sliced into various wood measurements for housing materials for families displaced by Typhoon Odette. The materials are expected to be transported to Negros Occidental before the end of the month.(Photo courtesy of Office of Civil Defense Western Visayas) ILOILO CITY - Trees knocked down to give way to the national government's dam project in Calinog, Iloilo will be converted into shelter materials and will be donated to families whose houses were damaged by Typhoon Odette that struck parts o...

(Infographic courtesy of DOH) MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported 32,744 new Covid-19 infections, higher than Thursday's 31,173, and 16,385 new recoveries. In its daily Covid-19 bulletin, the DOH said the new cases bring active cases to 291,618 or 8.7 percent of all known infections nationwide. Of these active cases, it said most have mild symptoms at 277,833, followed by the asymptomatic at 9,015, those with moderate symptoms at 2,979, those with severe symptoms at 1,487, and those in critical condition at 304. The country's total recovery is 3,012,156 or 89.7 p...