EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. Students from the municipality of Culasi receive their educational assistance from Antique's provincial government for the previous school year on July 6, 2022. Provincial Youth Development Office (PYDO) head Irish Manlapaz said Tuesday (Aug. 30, 2022) that the "PYDO on Wheels" would start accepting applications for educational assistance on September 2 in the island municipality of Caluya for the first semester of School Year 2022-2023.(Photo courtesy of Antique PYDO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Antique's provincial government will mobilize its Provincial Youth Development Office's "PYDO on Wheels" to accept applications from qualified college and graduate school students for the soon-to-be-released PHP60 million educational assistance. PYDO head Irish Manlapaz, in an interview on Tuesday, said the assistance would be for the first semester of School Year 2022-2023. The "PYDO on Wheels" is a bus with about 10 to 1
DISMANTLED. Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrest three people and seize P408,000 worth of suspected shabu as they dismantle a drug den in a buy-bust operation on Sunday (Aug. 14, 2022) in Sta. Catalina village, Zamboanga City. The anti-drug operation was launched after authorities learned of the presence of the alleged drug den in the area. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-9) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities have dismantled a drug den in an anti-drug operation that saw the arrest of three suspects and confiscation of around PHP408,000 worth of illegal drugs in this southern port city, an official said Monday. Emerson Margate, PDEA-Region 9 director, said suspects Andy Dumael, Hassim Aminulla, and Lyner Baguio were arrested in a buy-bust operation that led to the dismantling of a drug den around 5:10 p.m. Sunday in Barangay Sta. Catalina here. PDEA agents, backed by policemen and military intelligence operatives, conducted the buy-bust operation on the alleged drug den and con
Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Presidential Photo) MANILA - Proper liquidation reports from hospitals are needed for the disbursement of the One Covid allowance (OCA), Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday. In a television interview, Duque said the DOH cannot "disburse public funds without proper accountability" in response to the concerns of more than 120,000 healthcare workers who have not received their OCA. "Kapag na-liquidate nila, sabi ko nga kahit partial liquidation pwede na. Kailangan talaga may (I told them that partial liquidation would be okay. There should be) liquidation. Otherwise, ang DOH will be liable, and it will be a subject of a COA [Commission on Audit] observation and a possible disallowance," he added. Under the OCA, individuals classified to be "high risk" will get PHP9,000 monthly; "moderate risk", PHP6,000; and "low risk", PHP3,000. Earlier, the DOH reminde
ADDITIONAL HONORARIA. Members of the Electoral Board and other poll workers carry vote counting machines (VCMs) during the final testing and sealing at the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Elementary School in Barangay Sto. Cristo, Dasmarinas City, Cavite on May 4, 2022. The Commission on Elections is eyeing to give additional honoraria to electoral board members who rendered overtime work during the May 9 elections due to faulty VCMs. (PNA photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is eyeing to give additional honoraria to electoral board (EB) members who rendered overtime work during the May 9 elections due to faulty vote counting machines (VCMs). In a press conference on Friday, Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said they are waiting for the resolution and final approval of the proposal, which should go through the Commission en banc, for teachers and staff appointed by the Department of Education (DepEd) to EBs. EBs are composed of a chairperson, a poll cle
(PNA photo) MANILA - The Commission on Election (Comelec) en banc on Thursday committed to providing additional honoraria to all members of electoral board who served during May 9 elections more than the required hours they were asked to work for. "It's not called overtime pay but additional honoraria. Ginawa na po natin ito noong 2019 para po doon sa mga electoral boards na nagsilbi ng higit sa oras para po matapos (We have done this already in 2019 elections for those electoral boards who worked more than required hours just to finish)," Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a press conference on Thursday in Pasay City. "Sa ating mga electoral boards huwag po kayong mag-aalala ipoproseso po ito ng Comelec gaya rin ng ginawa natin noong 2019 (to our electoral boards, don't worry because the Comelec will be processing this just like what we did in 2019)," he added. The Comelec is yet to provide the exact amount of additional honoraria to EBs, incl