AUTOMATED SLAUGHTERHOUSE. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. (in black shirt) inspects the city's first humane and automated slaughterhouse accredited by the National Meat Inspection Service in Barangay Sta. Trinidad, Angeles City, Pampanga. Lazatin, together with some provincial and city officials, led the inauguration of the state-of-the-art slaughterhouse on Tuesday (Feb. 28, 2023). (Photo courtesy of the Angeles City Government) ANGELES CITY, Pampanga - The city government on Tuesday formally inaugurated its first automatic and humane slaughterhouse accredited by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) in Barangay Sta. Trinidad here. The meat processed at the newly-renovated Angeles City Slaughterhouse can be distributed outside this city. "We will ensure that under our watch, there will be no more inhumane, animal torture, and abuse involved in treating of animals," Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said during the event. A known champion of animal welfare who provided programs f
RAILWAY.Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas welcomes the revival of the railway system but proposed that it should be implemented outside of the city. In a press conference on Monday (Aug. 1, 2022), he said over 1,000 households need to be relocated for the project.(Photo courtesy of Iloilo City Government FB page) ILOILO CITY -The Iloilo City government welcomed the proposed revival of the Panay Railway but recommended for its establishment outside of the metropolis. "I believe that railway will help in the transportation and movement of goods and persons but my worry is the families that are here in the city," said Mayor Jerry P. Trenas in a press conference on Monday. Based on the previous count of Iloilo City Urban Poor Affairs Office (ICUPAO) head Roy Firmeza, he said there are around 1,000 to 1,500 houses that need to be relocated should the project pushes through. The mayor said those that will be affected are not informal settlers but mostly renting. Although relocating
National testing czar Secretary Vivencio Dizon. (Screengrab from Bohol Provincial Government video) CEBU CITY - The National Task Force (NTF) against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) barnstormed Bohol on Friday to ramp up the inoculation of senior citizens in areas still reeling from the effects of Typhoon Odette. Secretary Vivencio Dizon, the designated national testing czar, along with Bohol Governor Arthur Yap, engaged the local chief executives in a dialogue to elicit issues, concerns, and recommendations to bolster effort in vaccinating the elderly population. In his speech, Dizon urged the mayors to craft initiatives to increase the total number of their senior citizens inoculated for protection against Covid-19. "We'll have a dialogue, especially with the mayors on how we can provide incentives for the seniors, let's give them assistance to entice them to get vaccinated. Let's give them some help so that instead of asking them to the vaccination sites, le
DOWNTREND. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong relays to the local media on Tuesday (Jan. 25, 2022) the downtrend in Covid-19 cases, citing the city's data. He said they see the cases plateauing this week and dropping significantly by the second week of February. (Screengrab from Baguio PIO video) BAGUIO CITY - The city government here has projected the local coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation to plateau this week and expects to see a significant drop in numbers by the second week of February. Mayor Benjamin Magalong, in a media interview on Tuesday, said "if you look at ADAR (average daily attack rate), pababa rin tayo, including yung ating seven-day moving average (it is decreasing, even our seven-day moving average). Ang projection namin (our projection), most probably this week and next week is plateauing and then hopefully, by second week February we will see a downtrend in cases," he said. He said the city maintains its high testing rate and does not disregard