Published January 29, 2021, 12:21 PM
KALINGA – A man who has been wanted for 45 years for his alleged involvement of a mayor, and ambush of another in 2008, finally fell into the hands of authorities in Sitio Binongsay, Barangay Malin-awa, Tabuk City, Kalinga. A man who has been wanted for 45 years for his alleged involvement of a mayor, and ambush of another in 2008, finally fell into the hands of authorities in Sitio Binongsay, Barangay Malin-awa, Tabuk City, Kalinga. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
Kalinga Provincial Police Office (KPPO) Col. Davy Limmong said the suspect Jaime Tochok Bulatao, 77, of Barangay Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga, was listed in the list of Most Wanted Persons of Police Regional Office Cordillera (PRO-COR) for multiple murder, and was also in the list of National Level Wanted persons for murder.
(Photo courtesy of Province of Kalinga / via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
Provincial Legal Officer Ken Martinez said the request to place Tabuk under ECQ is expected to be approved by the regional IATF, and could be implemented on Monday, January 25.
Kalinga Governor Ferdinand Tubban has already posted a public advisory, informing his constituents that the provincial government will be imposing a 14-day ECQ in Tabuk City, and MECQ in the towns of Rizal, Lubuagan, Tanudan and Balbalan.
General community quarantine (GCQ) will be imposed in Pasil and Tinglayan towns, and modified GCQ (MGCQ) in Pinukpuk.
The PIATF said, these areas were classified following the Containment Strategy Matrix provided by the National Task Force and area Health Risk Level Matrix.
Mayor Darwin Estrañero (Photo via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
Mayor Darwin Estrañero informed residents of the capital of Kalinga province, through his social media account on Thursday, that during the meeting of CIATF members, they approved the recommendation of City Health Officer Dr. Henrietta Linden Bagayao to place the city on lockdown due to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients.
Estrañero said the ECQ will be for a 14-day period to start on Sunday, January 24, or early morning Monday, January 25, to give time to inform the other municipalities of the lockdown.
He said, the recommendation of the CIATF will be forwarded today to the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force for their evaluation, and if it is approved, it will then be forwarded to Regional InterAgency Task Force for the approval of implementation.
The chill in Baguio City continues due to the strong northeast monsoon or "amihan" with the City of Pines marking its lowest temperature of 6.3 degrees Celsius which was recorded 60 years on Monday.
Published December 26, 2020, 11:49 AM
BAGUIO CITY – The mayors of Baguio City, and La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay towns, or BLISTT, agreed to limit non- essential travel anew from December 27 to December 31 to mitigate any surge in the incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
(Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)
The measure will be implemented following the marked increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Benguet province with 55 new cases, 26 of which were recorded in La Trinidad, and 21 in Itogon, on Friday, December 25.
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, La Trinidad Mayor Romeo Salda, Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan and Tublay Mayor Armando Lauro gave the green light for the reimposition of the border limitations, and were just waiting for Sablan Mayor Manuel Munar and Tuba Mayor Clarita Sal-ongan to give their decision.