CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 10 office has been implementing three absolute bans under its tobacco control program to keep the children away from cigarette addiction. These bans include smoking within the school premises, selling of cigarettes within 100 meters...
A total of 41 violators were reportedly involved in 245 vote buying incidents recorded from Jan. 1 to May 9, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday night, May 11. In a news briefing with President Duterte aired on May 12, Año noted that the...
The police arrested a 37-year-old vendor after he was found in possession of a gun in violation of the existing gun ban implemented by the Commission on Election (Comelec) in connection with the May 9 national and local elections. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg...
A total of 64 individuals were arrested in Quezon City for allegedly violating the liquor ban on Sunday, May 8, and on election day, May 9, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Wednesday, May 11. The QCPD Kamuning Police Station (PS 10) said 33 persons were apprehended in three...
DAVAO CITY – Police arrested 12 people for violating the election liquor ban in Davao City. The ban was implemented from 12:01 a.m. of May 8 until 12:00 midnight of May 9. PMaj. Ma. Teresita P. Gaspan, spokesperson of Davao City Police Office (DCPO), said that police authorities strictly enforced...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) liquor ban will be in effect on Sunday, May 8 until the election day on Monday, May 9. MB file photo This is in accordance with Resolution No. 10746 of the poll body. According to the resolution, promulgated on Dec. 16, 2021, the poll body said it shall be...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez ordered the implementation of a liquor ban starting midnight of May 8 up to 11:59 p.m. of May 9. Olivarez said the selling, serving, and consumption of liquor and other alcoholic drinks are prohibited on the said dates. He said only hotels, resorts,...
BUTUAN CITY – The regional command of Northeastern Mindanao Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) reported on Wednesday that there were 23 election gun ban violators recorded all over Caraga region. These gun ban violators were registered from January this year up to yesterday, six days before the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said the government has exempted the military and the police personnel from the gun ban implementation. Año explained that the ‘gun ban exemption’ is applied to the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Thursday, April 28 that it has granted a petition for exemption for the programs and projects of four more government institutions. MB file photo During a press conference, Commissioner George Erwin Garcia disclosed that the poll body granted the...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has encouraged all senior citizens in the city to receive their second booster shot, particularly the immunocompromised, for them to get additional protection against Covid-19. Olivarez emphasized to senior citizens who attended the general assembly held at...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The city government of Zamboanga has extended the ban on the transport and entry of live birds, poultry and non-poultry products from April 15 to May 6. The ban extension is contained in the Executive Order No. BC-729-2002 which Zamboanga Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar issued...
