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ANN/THE STAR – Joanne Chew voted in her first Malaysian general election 11 years ago. Before that, she had primarily worked in New York and Singapore after graduating from Parsons School of Design. “Prior to 2014, I had not really worked in Malaysia for long enough to make a difference,” she said. However, the act […] ....
BUSTED DUO. Backed by the police, anti-narcotics agents of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao arrest two alleged high-value targets (3rd and 4th left) during a buy-bust in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte, on Sunday (Feb. 12, 2023). An estimated PHP3.4 million worth of shabu was seized from the suspects. (Photo courtesy of PDEA BARMM) COTABATO CITY - A team of anti-narcotics agents and police officers arrested Sunday afternoon two alleged high-value targets (HVTs) and seized PHP3.4 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Maguindanao del Norte province. Agent Jocelyn Mary, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) spokesperson, identified the suspects as Tapimpi Alimudin, 67, and Badruden Ebrahim, 37, both of Barangay Salimbao, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. "The two are high-value targets; we have placed them under surveillance for at least a year," Mary sa ....
Department of Health (DOH)-Technical Advisory Group member Dr. Edsel Salvana (Presidential Photo) MANILA - Department of Health (DOH)-Technical Advisory Group member Dr. Edsel Salvana said Monday the number of Covid-19 cases remains manageable and there is no indication yet of a rise due to campaign rallies and the entry of the new Omicron subvariant. "Right now, the numbers remain manageable. And even if the numbers do go up to several thousand, dahil sa mataas na antas ng pagbabakuna, iyong (because of high vaccination rate, the) number of people who actually developed severe disease remained slow," Salvana said in a televised Laging Handa briefing. Earlier, the DOH detected the first cases of Omicron BA.2.12.1 subvariant in the National Capital Region and Palawan. The country would not go back to lockdowns like what happened in 2020 when the population did not have immunity yet against Covid-19, he said. However, fully vaccinated persons need to receive their boosters for ....
DROWNING VICTIM. Rescuers retrieve the body of one of three persons who died in a recent flash flood in Basay, Negros Oriental. The flooding was caused by the low pressure area that developed into Tropical Storm Agaton as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - The provincial and local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices (DRRMOs) in Negros Oriental are on heightened alert for possible heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides brought about by Tropical Storm Agaton. Ian Tumobag, officer-in-charge and operations and warning officer of the PDRRMO, said on Monday representatives of all the DRRMOs in the province attended on Sunday a virtual emergency preparedness for response meeting with the regional DRRMO. "Although Negros Oriental is not in the direct path of the storm, it could still bring light to moderate and at times heavy rainfall in the province and that is why we need to be ....
LEGAZPI CITY - Candidates and their political parties in the Bicol region will now be allowed to conduct house-to-house campaign activities when the campaign period for local bets starts on Friday, an election official said. Lawyer Jasmin Belarmino, Commission on Elections (Comelec) regional election supervisor, told the Philippine News Agency that the new development was based on Comelec Resolution 10732 or the May 2022 election campaign guidelines. During a media dialogue titled "Aksyon sa Eleksyon 2022," Belarmino said the guidelines concerned in-person campaigns, rallies, caucuses, meetings and conventions, motorcades and caravans, and miting de avance under the new normal in connection with the May 9, 2022 national and local elections. "It is one of the forms of campaign activity allowed by the resolution, so they can conduct house-to-house campaign activity, pero hindi sila pwedeng pumasok even with the consent ng may-ari (but they are not allowed to enter the hous ....