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APARRI, Cagayan – Weak internet signal has forced a teacher-in-charge of an elementary school in far-flung Fuga Island here to climb a mountain just to attend a virtual management committee meeting.

SAN LUIS, Pampanga – Mayor Jayson Sagum, a doctor by profession, of this town is raffling off cows starting July in a bid to boost the town’s COVID-19 vaccination program.

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A 100-year-old grandmother here showed no fear when she was inoculated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last May 25.

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – A concerned citizen has rescued two Philippine serpent eagles in a forested area in Benito Soliven, this province.

A lady lawmaker from Central Luzon has stressed the importance of the private sector in the country’s campaign against COVID-19.

RIZAL, Kalinga – Government forces in this province are now using drones to locate and eradicate marijuana plantations in the province.

The local government of Piddig in Ilocos Norte agro-tourism here has reopened its place specifically to those wgho has been mesmerized by the sunflowers in a quaint village of Maruya.

DAGUPAN CITY — The local chief executive here tested positive for COVID-19 today.

LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay Power and Energy Corp. (APEC) on Monday placed a “red flag” on at least 180 villages with huge unpaid power bills and advised consumers to settle their account or face disconnection.

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Department of Tourism (DOT) in the Ilocos Region has launched a pass system that facilitates the visit of tourists from other regions as it also serves for contact tracing and monitoring purposes. In an interview on Monday, DOT Ilocos regional director Joseph Francisco Ortega said the tourist pass system, region1.tarana.ph, was created as an integrated information system where tourists from outside the region will register. “This is a separate system from local stranded individuals and overseas Filipino workers. It was made for tourists’ registration only. As compared to manual listing, the system provides less exposure and (is) less costly,” he said. Through the system, he said tourists can access lists of requirements of the local government in their target destination, as well as lists of DOT-accredited accommodations, tour guides, hotels, restaurants, and itineraries. “The provinces of La Union, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur require booking with travel and tour operators to monitor the movement of tourists in their localities since there is still the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid0-19) pandemic,” he added. However, Ortega said the Ilocos Region is not yet accepting leisure travels from the National Capital Region, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal. Meanwhile, Pangasinan opted not to require mandatory booking in travel and tour operators due to its vast area and some parts do not have access to stable signal for internet connectivity, he said. “The information provided by the tourists will be automatically deleted after 30 days,” he said.

BOLINAO, Pangasinan – Buri-made products in some villages of Santiago Island in this town have been a source of income for several families amid the pandemic.

IGUIG, Cagayan – A doctor assigned to the Rural Health Unit of Reina Mercedes, Isabela died when the car he was driving rammed a tractor trailer truck on the national highway in Barangay Salamague, this town, last Saturday.

More than 124 tons of garbage were collected by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during a recent clean-up drive in critical water bodies in Bataan, Bulacan and Pampanga.

Mayor Fritzie Gapasin has placed the whole town of Bacarra in Ilocos Norte under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting Monday until further notice.

LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The mayor of Milaor town in Camarines Sur province went viral after photos of his “butt vaccination” were posted on Facebook.

BAGUIO CITY – Two “honey love” scam suspects were arrested in an entrapment operation while claiming the money sent by their victim in a remittance center on Marcos Highway here Friday, May 21.

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Canlubang, Laguna – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader and two of his followers were killed in a joint police operation Friday in Barangay Macabiling, Sta. Rosa City, this province.

DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – A security guard posing as a police officer was arrested last Tuesday in a checkpoint in Cabangan, Zambales, the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) reported Friday.