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FIRE PREVENTION. Firemen join the Fire Prevention Month activity in Tacloban City despite heavy rainfall Wednesday morning (March 1, 2023). Despite the weather disturbance, officials led by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) held a motorcade around the city and an opening program at the Rizal Park here to drumbeat the month-long intensified fire safety drive. (Photo courtesy of BFP) TACLOBAN CITY - Eastern Visayas opened the Fire Prevention Month activities on Wednesday with a heavy downpour due to the northeast monsoon affecting the region. Despite the weather disturbance, officials led by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) held a motorcade around the city and an opening program at the Rizal Park here to drumbeat the monthlong intensified fire safety drive. During the regional kickoff, BFP Eastern Visayas regional director Chief Supt. Adel Bautista said they have activities lined up this month and will push through regardless of the weather. "Series of activities in the region ....
LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT. Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Joseph Manotoc welcomes former supporters of the New People's Army as they turn their back on anti-government activities. On Monday (Jan. 16, 2023), some 197 former members of communist groups and sectoral front organizations were handed PHP3,000 each along with family food packs at Camp Valentin S. Juan in Laoag City. (PNA photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - Former supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) in Ilocos Norte continue to receive government livelihood support assistance aimed at making them productive members of the community. Some 197 former members of the terrorist group and sectoral front organizations were handed PHP3,000 each along with family food packs at Camp Valentin S. Juan in this city on Monday. Col. Julius Suriben told the recipients during a simple distribution program that the Philippine National Police (PNP) will continue to support them and ensure their basic needs are met particularly in these tryi ....
HEALTH SERVICES. Health workers providing services to residents in a remote village in Las Navas, Northern Samar in this Nov. 21, 2021 photo. The Northern Samar provincial government has asked national government agencies to help in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to conflict-affected remote communities to speed up its vaccination program.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army 20th Infantry Battalion) TACLOBAN CITY - The Northern Samar provincial government has asked national government agencies to help in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to conflict-affected remote communities to speed up its vaccination program. Northern Samar provincial health Officer Ninfa Caparroso-Kam said on Tuesday they have asked the members of the regional inter-agency task force on emerging infectious diseases and the regional task force against Covid-19 for assistance. These rebel-infested villages are in the towns of Silvino Lobos, Las Navas, Catubig, Lapinig, and Mapanas. Kam said providing them air suppor ....
One of the two armed men who earlier robbed a convenience store was killed in an alleged shootout with responding cops on Sunday in Barangay Niugan, City of Malolos, Bulacan. Citing the report submitted by Malolos City police chief Lt. Col. Ferdinand Germino, Col. Charlie A. Cabradilla, acting Bul ....
NEW ROAD. A portion of the completed Samar Pacific Coastal Road in Northern Samar. The opening of the Simora Bridge in Northern Samar and the 8-kilometer concrete road on Tuesday (June 28, 2022) will benefit over 5,000 poor residents in remote communities of the province, the Department of Public Works and Highways reported.(Photo courtesy of DPWH) TACLOBAN CITY - The opening of the Simora Bridge and the 8-kilometer concrete road in Northern Samar will benefit over 5,000 poor residents in remote communities of the province, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reported. The newly completed bridge and road section, part of the foreign-funded Samar Pacific Coastal Road, will benefit coconut and rice farmers in nine villages in the coastal towns of Palapag, Laoang, and Catubig in Northern Samar. The PHP1.12 billion coastal road project will link the Pacific towns in Northern Samar. "After four years of challenging construction, the partial opening of the Samar Pacif ....