Mountain Province suspends work as Covid-19 cases double
The provincial government of Mountain Province has suspended work for five days from Jan. 18 to 22 due to the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, which doubled in just a week.
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) recorded only 15 injuries related to firecracker incidents from Dec. 16, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2021, 56 percent lower than 34 total cases logged last year. Based on the report of PPPO, some of the firecracker-related incidents happened in Barangay Inamotan in Manaoag town, Barangay Pantal in … Read More
BAGUIO CITY – Bus operations to and from this city and the Mountain Province is expected to resume as the approval of Mayor Benjamin Magalong is expected to come out as early as today. Januario Borillo, chief of the city’s Traffic, Transport Management division of the City Engineering Office said in an interview on Monday … Read More
LAOAG CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has lauded local authorities representing at least seven towns and one city of Ilocos Norte for sustaining their drug-cleared status. During a joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council held at the Laoag City Centennial Arena on Monday, Agent … Read More
LAOAG CITY – The province of Ilocos Norte on Thursday registered its third death from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). According to Sarrat town mayor Remigio Medrano, the fatality is a 92-year-old male from Barangay 17, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte. The patient who died on Thursday had symptoms consistent with Covid-19 and was earlier diagnosed with acute … Read More
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Over a hundred rescuers from the government and volunteers, including family and friends, are digging on tons of mud, scouring the rivers, look on anything familiar such as clothes that float at the Magat reservoir, while dogs smell the surroundings to locate the remaining missing person in Ifugao.
LAOAG CITY – Business owners may soon be able to apply or renew their business licenses online through an internet-based program developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to prevent direct contact and possible coronavirus transmissions.