LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, deployed 1,355 policemen to ensure the safety of the people welcoming the New Year in the Cordillera. Peredo said police personnel were strategically deployed in bus terminals, malls, markets,...
Photo from Pixabay A few hours before the New Year revelries began, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed eight new fireworks-related injuries (FWR) on Sunday, Dec. 31, bringing the total number of FWRIs to 115. Based on the DOH’s FWRI report between 6 a.m., Dec. 30 and 5:59 a.m., the new...
Vice President Sara Duterte hopes Filipinos will have renewed hope in the coming year as she vowed her "continued honest service" to the public in 2024. Vice President Sara Duterte (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) Duterte said this as Filipinos spend the last hours of 2023 on Sunday, Dec. 31. In her...
A day before the New Year’s Eve revelries, 11 new cases of fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, Dec. 30, bringing the total number of cases to 107. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa demonstrated in a simulation how a patient victimized by...
Most parts of the country will likely experience generally fair weather conditions this New Year weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday, Dec. 30, said. MB Visual Content Group Weather specialist Daniel James Villamil, in the...
The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Black Nazarene, more popularly known as the Quiapo Church in Manila, has released the schedule of activities for the celebration of the feast of the traslacion of the Black Nazarene. Nazareno 2024 (Photo courtesy of the Quiapo Church) Festivities will...
Filipinos can expect a tropical cyclone-free start to 2024, based on the weather outlook of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). From Dec. 29 to 31, PAGASA said the eastern section of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas will experience mostly...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) is placing hospitals and health facilities in the region on Code White Alert from December 29 to January 2 for the New Year’s Eve revelry. “Ito ay...
The admission to the New Year’s Eve celebration in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig on Dec. 31 is free amid illegal ticket sales on social media. This was emphasized by the Taguig City government, BGC and Coke Studio in a statement released on Dec. 28. The BGC Taguig’s New...
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said that the 2024 national budget has allocated P210-million for the implementation of mental health programs and advocacies of the Department of Education (DepEd). Gatchalian said that he originally proposed P160-million for the implementation of mental health programs to...
Photo from Pixabay Ninety-six percent of Filipinos are entering the New Year “with hope rather than fear,” while 3 percent are facing it “with fear,” a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Dec. 8 to 11 showed. “This is a point above the 95 percent in 2022 and the highest...
The Marcos administration should devote more public resources to addressing the country’s domestic problems next year. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III made the suggestion saying that while the increase for his local and foreign trips has increased for 2024,...
