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The provincial director of the Sulu Provincial Police Office (PPO) was gunned down by a subordinate cop whom he allegedly scolded at a quarantine checkpoint in Jolo town on Friday afternoon, Aug. 6.

The first day of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the metropolis became a mucky and messy one for Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel manning EDSA after a truck reportedly dumped mud on a sizeable portion of the road.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) belied allegations Friday, Aug. 6, that it has been misusing the multi-million peso fund of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to conduct census in different barangays nationwide.

True to his word, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos led inspections at various vaccination hubs in the cities of Las Piñas, Muntinlupa and Parañaque on Friday, Aug. 6 to ensure an orderly conduct of jabs.

The Baguio City local government unit (LGU) has extended the suspension of non-essential travels to the so-called summer capital from any point of origin until Aug. 15 amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has inaugurated the newly constructed “Malasakit Hall” of the Butuan Airport.

Politics played no part in the issuance of the show cause-order (SCO) to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso regarding the city’s supposed failed 2018 anti-drug campaign, an executive officer of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) insisted on Friday, Aug. 6.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has urged the public to remain calm even as he assured them that there was no truth to the information spreading online that the national government will prohibit unvaccinated persons from going out of their homes.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has promised uninterrupted services to the traveling public despite the implementation of the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila.

The Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has unveiled a special themed train on Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) as part of efforts to boost the country’s vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now working on the foundation of the Panguil Bay Bridge that will serve as a key link to islands in Northern Mindanao.

Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi Jr. has praised the work rendered by the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which is nearing the completion of its task to electricity all barangays in the country.