The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARRM) has achieved a vaccination coverage of 72 percent, according to the Department of Health (DOH).This
THE 10 poorest municipalities nationwide, with poverty incidence rates of above 64 percent, may be found in Basilan and Sulu, according the Philippine Statistics Authorities (PSA). Based on the latest Small Area Estimates (SAE) for 2021, some 1.4 percent of the 1,612 cities and municipalities nationwide had poverty incidences ranging…
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two Abu Sayyaf fighters surrendered as the military declared 14 municipalities in the southern Muslim province of Sulu as Abu Sayyaf-free after decades of fighting.Gov. Sakur Tan said Adzmir Makiji Siri from Talipao town, and Aifer Heirala, a native of Patikul town, received P65,000 each in cash and livelihood assistance under the government s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program.
CIVIC ACTION. A health worker checks the vital signs of a resident as military troops together with municipal government officials and other sectors hold a four-day civic action program in three towns of Sulu. Some 1,800 residents benefited from the program that culminated Saturday (Feb. 12, 2022). (Photo courtesy of the Joint Task Force Sulu) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Military troops are undertaking rehabilitation works to improve the road linking two barangays in Talipao, Sulu, to provide the residents in the area with faster and safer travel. Brig. Gen. Antonio Bautista Jr., acting commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu, said Monday the rehabilitation works cover a total of 5,789 meters stretch from Barangay Kamuntayan to Barangay Upper Sinumaan. Bautista said the completion of the road rehabilitation, to include the laying of culverts, will benefit some 500 residents, especially those in Sitios Timpuad and Gulangan, in Upper Sinumaan, in transporting their farm produce to the market w