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QC RESIDENTS IN CARE FACILITIES GET VAX PRIORITY

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has ordered the City Health Department (CHD) to vaccinate all individuals who are residing and working in closed and long-term care facilities in the city. This after the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (QCESU) recently submitted a report on 13 facilities it has visited and surveyed so far. The […]

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MEDICAL OXYGEN PLANT SOON TO RISE IN SORSOGON CITY

A P94.5-million medical oxygen plant will soon rise in Sorsogon City to boost the supply in the province and the rest of Bicol, Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said. Escudero said the facility would greatly contribute to improving the healthcare system of Sorsogon and boost its fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The governor explained the construction […]

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NORTHERN MINDANAO PER CAPITA OUTPUT IS 2ND IN PH

Despite the economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the regional per capita output in Northern Mindanao remains high, according to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) 10. At an online conference for the Regional Development Council-10 (RDC-10), Mylah Faye Aurora Cariño, NEDA-10 Director, said despite an overall downtrend, Northern Mindanao’s per capita output emerged as the second-highest among all regions, […]

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PIDDIG TO RAISE WAGYU CATTLE – GUILLEN

As the African swine fever (ASF) continues to threaten the livelihood of local hog raisers in Ilocos Norte, some residents are now shifting to raising other livestock to survive the pandemic. In Piddig town, several residents are now engaged in cattle production as they dispose of their fattening pigs before they get infected. In support […]

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MAASIN CITY BUILDS MORE COVID-19 ISOLATION SITES

The city government of Maasin in Southern Leyte is building more isolation facilities for COVID-19 patients amid rising new cases as authorities confirm the presence of the Delta variant.  A new isolation facility with six beds will be located in the village of Rizal. This will add to the existing four isolation facilities in the […]

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STRONG INTERNET CONNECTIVITY SEEN IN CAR BY 2023

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is expected to have strong and reliable connectivity by 2023 after an internet service provider committed to provide a fiber-optic broadband network and a satellite global technology even in the most remote mountain towns. Clarence Alvarado, the lead engineer of Metroworks ICT in charge of installing fiber optic cables, said […]

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ANGELES CITY OPENS HOME FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS

Homeless senior citizens in Angeles City will now have a safe place to stay and live in. The city government inaugurated the first city-operated home for the aged. “No homeless senior citizens. No elderly will stay on the streets,” Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said. “Bale Pusu” will initially house eight to 12 female senior citizens. […]

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BULACAN MARKS 123RD MALOLOS CONGRESS ANNIVERSARY

Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando recently led the commemoration of the 123rd anniversary of the opening of Malolos Congress, expressing hope that the occasion would serve as an inspiration to Bulakenyos amid the battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Fernando cited the importance of the event that paved the way to the establishment of the First […]

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LINGAYEN TO HAVE NEW ISOLATION FACILITY — BATAOIL

The municipal government of Lingayen, Pangasinan is set to open a new isolation facility at the Lingayen Central School. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said the new facility with a 50-bed capacity will accommodate mild and emergency coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases while they are waiting to be admitted to the hospitals. “We are targeting to open […]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE HUB TO RISE IN NEGOCC – LACSON

The Negros Occidental provincial government broke ground for the construction of the P100-million Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEMREID) in Silay City. The facility that will rise adjacent to the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital is jointly funded by the province and the Department of Health (DOH) Health Facilities Enhancement Program through the […]