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TAGUM CITY — Senator Christopher Lawrence Go turned over on Thursday a check worth ₱25 million to the Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) for the establishment of an oxygen refilling station at the hospital.

BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Two tourism establishments in the mountain town of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental were temporarily closed on Wednesday, October 13, after a landslide occurred in the area due to heavy rains on Monday afternoon.

ALCALA, Pangasinan – Authorities seized P40,800 worth of shabu and arrested a high school principal and his brother listed as high-value targets in an operation here early Thursday.

A social protection program being implemented by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has gone beyond cash aid distribution and is set to strengthen social protection in the region by providing technical support to the development of a system for identifying the most vulnerable and at-risk population.

BAGUIO CITY – Traders here who have resorted to online selling have started to get business permits to legitimize their operation and give themselves an “identity”.

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Strong waves brought about by the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Storm Maring have destroyed a seawall in the coastal municipality of Sebaste.

LAOAG CITY – Search and rescue teams have been searching for a woman who went missing after she was swept away by a strong river current in Badoc, Ilocos Norte.

Initial assessment of the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed that Severe Tropical Storm Maring has destroyed P29.40 million worth of agricultural in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Z. Duterte took to social media Tuesday, October 12 to thank the people who wished for her fast recovery after she contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Saturday (October 10).

COTABATO CITY — Production of seaweeds in Maguindanao is expected to improve amid the pandemic with the groundbreaking for the site of a P4.7-million seaweed support facility in the province’s coastal town of Parang.

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Some 87 families or 286 persons were evacuated from their homes in different parts of Pangasinan due to flooding caused by Severe Tropical Storm Maring as of 5 a.m. Tuesday, October 12.

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao – A fire of still unknown origin hit a passenger bus in this town on Monday afternoon, October 11.

SAN JOSE CITY, Nueva Ecija – A police officer who was confined in a hospital here due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) succumbed to a gunshot wound after he accidentally shot himself on Sunday morning, police reported.

LEGAZPI CITY – The old guards and their kin dominated anew the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) in Albay province for gubernatorial, congressional, and provincial board seats.

COTABATO CITY – A last-termer councilor here will seek the mayoralty post with the backing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) political party–the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP).

DUMAGUETE CITY – Incumbent Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo on Friday led the launch of the Team Lupad Dumaguete coalition after he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a third and final term in office.

TUGUEGARAO CITY – Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba filed his certificate of candidacy for reelection at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office here on Thursday, October 7, hoping to snare his third and final term.

LAOAG CITY – Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, the eldest son of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., filed on Thursday his certificate of candidacy for congressman of the first district of Ilocos Norte.