Typhoon “Odette” (international code name: Rai), the strongest typhoon to hit the country last year affected, a total of 2,366,309 families or 8,409,602 persons. According to Situationer Report No. 39 posted on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) website, 11 out of the country’s 17 regions were…
'RESBAKUNA'. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers the Covid-19 jab during the rollout of the Resbakuna sa Botika at a Mercury Drug Store in Festive Walk Mall Iloilo on Thursday (Feb. 3, 2022). In an interview, he said that Covid-19 jabs are safe and effective against all virus variants.(Photo courtesy of Arnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - Two pharmacies in Iloilo City on Thursday opened their doors to the government's "Resbakuna sa Botika" campaign to help fast-track the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination to the eligible population. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was joined by National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr, NTF deputy chief implementer Secretary Vince Dizon, and Office of the Presidential Assistant for Visayas (OPAV) Undersecretary Anthony Gerard Gonzales during the vaccination rollout at the Mercury Drug Store in Festive Walk Mall, Iloilo and Rose Pharmacy
CLEARING THE STREETS. This Dec. 27, 2021 photo shows a row of garbage at Sabellano St., in Barangay Kinasang-an, Cebu City. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Central Visayas will closely supervise Metro Cebu localities in clearing debris and garbage left by Typhoon Odette for faster restoration of power lines.(PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) CEBU CITY - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Central Visayas (Region 7) will closely supervise Metro Cebu localities in discarding waste left by Typhoon Odette. In a statement on Friday, Undersecretary Anthony Gerard Gonzales of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) said the DILG-7 and its provincial and city directors were receptive to the request from the OPAV to supervise road clearing operations in Metro Cebu. The move, he said, will ensure compliance with the directive to fast track road clearing operations and hasten the restoration of power lines destroyed by
May 14, 2021 THE Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (Opav) cascaded the salient points of the operations manual of the Covid-19 Vaccination Center to the Province of Guimaras.
Undersecretary Anthony Gerard Gonzales; retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano, IATF-Visayas Chief Implementer; Mia Fe Feliciano, IATF-Visayas; Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH-Central Visayas chief pathologist; Engr. Ricardo Mendoza, operations head of Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC); and Dr. Eugenia Mercedes Cañal, DOH-Central Visayas Resu Cluster head, spearheaded the activity held at the Provincial Capitol Food Court on May 11, 2021.
Governor Samuel Gumarin, Provincial Health Officer Dr. NL Cathrel Nava, representatives from the five local government units (LGUs) in the province, municipal health officers and the chief of Dr. Catalino Gallego Nava Provincial Hospital, Buenavista Emergency Hospital and Nueva Valencia District Hospital participated in the roll-ou