Vice-presidential bet and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (left)withpresidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Inday Sara Duterte Facebook) MANILA - Vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte has reiterated her loyalty to running mate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and rejected pairing schemes with a rival candidate. In a Facebook post while on break during the UniTeam's Negros Occidental campaign sortie on Wednesday, Duterte said they are united, along with the entire senatorial slate. "Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte will always be one team," the Davao City mayor posted. "We stand undivided and shall remain strong despite the proclamation of other tandems that single out either Marcos or Duterte as a candidate." Recently, there have been sightings of Isko Moreno-Sara Duterte posters. The Manila mayor also said he is backing his vice-presidential partner, Dr. Willie Ong. The UniTeam remains the duo to beat as consistently shown by all the national
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday said it is ready to provide employment assistance under Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced (TUPAD) program to areas placed under strict alert levels amid the coronavirus pandemic. "We will still look into the areas that possibly will not shift to a lower alert level then we will refocus our target there. Compared to areas where the economy is relaxed, they could (not) go about with their day-to-day economic activities. So that will be the first thing DOLE will do to refocus on those areas that need it," lawyer Ma. Karina Perida-Trayvilla, director of the agency's Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC), said in a virtual forum. Trayvilla said they will also review the number of TUPAD beneficiaries per region. "We will look into it if there is a need to change or alter the numbers we assigned per region. We will still look into that depending on the situation,&q
Zamboanga City Health Office (File photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city health office has recorded 12 additional cases of Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) here but all have recovered. Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, city health officer, said Wednesday they received the results of the new cases on February 11 coming from the Philippine Genome Center. "With this, Zamboanga City now has a total of 29 identified Omicron cases with the first 17 detected cases reported last February 3," Miravite said. Aside from the new Omicron cases, the February 11 genome sequencing result also included one new Delta variant case for the city, Miravite said. She said the report indicated the presence of Omicron, Delta, Beta, and Alpha variants. "Just like the 17 Omicron cases reported last February 3, all the new cases identified have recovered," she added. Meanwhile, Miravite said the city has a 93.02 percent recovery rate as 144 new recoveries were recorded, bringing to
(Photo courtesy of Office of MP Diamila Disimban-Ramos) MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur- At least 50 Bangsamoro scholars who came from vulnerable sectors in Lanao del Sur and Marawi City graduated from the "ANOGON KO PAGTAW: 2021 Bangsamoro Scholarship Program for Technical Vocational Education Training on Dressmaking and Bread and Pastry NCII". The graduation rites of the program which was conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education- Technical Education and Skills Development (MBHTE-TESD) and the Office of Bangsamoro Member of Parliament (MP) Diamila Disimban-Ramos took place last January 20 at the Marawi Resort Hotel inside the Mindanao State University in Marawi City. The skills training which commenced on Nov. 8, 2021, has benefitted 25 scholars for the Dressmaking course which ran for 38 days, and 25 scholars for the Bread and Pastry course that ran for 21 days. In addition, the scholars have undergone rigid training on basic skills in
(Photo courtesy of Office of MP Diamila Disimban-Ramos) MANILA - At least 50 Bangsamoro scholars who came from vulnerable sectors in Lanao del Sur and Marawi City graduated from the "ANOGON KO PAGTAW: 2021 Bangsamoro Scholarship Program for Technical Vocational Education Training on Dressmaking and Bread and Pastry NCII". The graduation rites of the program which was conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education- Technical Education and Skills Development (MBHTE-TESD) and the Office of Bangsamoro Member of Parliament (MP) Diamila Disimban-Ramos took place last January 20 at the Marawi Resort Hotel inside the Mindanao State University in Marawi City. The skills training which commenced on Nov. 8, 2021, has benefitted 25 scholars for the Dressmaking course which ran for 38 days, and 25 scholars for the Bread and Pastry course that ran for 21 days. In addition, the scholars have undergone rigid training on basic skills in dressmaking and bre