(Google map of Albay province) LEGAZPI CITY - Residents of coastal communities were urged to monitor and report stranding incidents that involve marine mammals to the proper authorities after an adult male spinner dolphin died after being rescued in Barangay Fatima, Tabaco City early this week. In an interview on Thursday, Daryl John Buenconsejo, Albay Provincial Fisheries Project and Program Coordinator, said locals may report discovery of distressed mammals to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Bicol (BFAR-5), the Albay Provincial Agricultural Office (APAO)-Fisheries Division, the Albay Veterinary Office (AVO), or the nearest municipal agriculture office for proper handling and rescue operations. "In case man po meron ulit mangyaring ganitong cases [stranding of marine mammal]. Ipagbigay alam po sa office ng BFAR or pwede din po sa PGA-APAO or PGA-AVO or sa pinakamalapit na municipal agriculture office na nasasakupang munisipyo (In case a similar case happens again [s
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SELFIE. A vaccine recipient (right) takes a selfie as a volunteer healthcare worker (left) prepares to administer a shot on Monday morning (Nov. 29, 2021) inside the McDonalds branch in Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, which is designated as a Covid-19 inoculation site. Hundreds of residents lined up outside the fast-food branch to avail of the Covid-19 jabs in line with the three-day National Vaccination Days. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Health authorities here have brought their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination campaign to the "purok" or zone level as they aim to inoculate some 105,267 individuals in the next three days. Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office (CHO), said on Monday they adopted such a strategy in line with the opening of the three-day nationwide Covid-19 mass vaccination activities. She said hundreds of residents were monitored to have already lined up early in the morning in each of the 32 established
SELFIE. A vaccine recipient (right) takes a selfie as a volunteer healthcare worker (left) prepares to administer a shot on Monday morning (Nov. 29, 2021) inside the McDonalds branch in Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, which is designated as a Covid-19 inoculation site. Hundreds of residents lined up outside the fast-food branch to avail of the Covid-19 jabs in line with the three-day National Vaccination Days. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Health authorities here have brought their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination campaign to the "purok" or zone level as they aim to inoculate some 105,267 individuals in the next three days. Dr. Rochelle Oco, head of the City Health Office (CHO), said on Monday they adopted such a strategy in line with the opening of the three-day nationwide Covid-19 mass vaccination activities. She said hundreds of residents were monitored to have already lined up early in the morning in each of the 32 established
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Local authorities arrested at least seven people who presented fake vaccination cards at the airport here last Saturday, November 27. Assistant city health officer Lalaine Calonzo said the suspects arrived in the same group from Manila aboard Cebu Pacific aircraft and were held