C. Visayas logs 42 pertussis cases, 6 infant deaths

CEBU: The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas on Tuesday cautioned the public against the rising number of pertussis cases, commonly known as ‘whooping cough’, which has already killed six infants aged zero to two months old from the region….

DOH joins Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair in Caraga

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) continues to fully support President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s initiative of bringing the government closer to the people as it participated anew in the 14th leg of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) at th…

DA reports drought in Leyte, Samar rice farms

TACLOBAN: The below-normal rainfall will not impact rice production despite reports that the dry spell has affected several farms in Leyte and Samar provinces, Department of Agriculture (DA) official said on Tuesday.

The towns of Leyte, Calubian, and…

BFP beefs up efforts as over 5K fires logged from January to March

MANILA: The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Tuesday said it is ramping up efforts to raise fire prevention awareness in communities amid an uptick in the number of fire incidents in the first three months of this year.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon…

National telecom group’s AI platform logs over 1 billion authentication requests

Hanoi: The VNPT eKYC – an artificial intelligence (AI) platform developed by the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) for electronic identification and verification – has freshly recorded over 1 billion user requests, establishing itself …

1.7K cops to ensure orderly observance of Holy Week in Caraga

BUTUAN: The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) has announced the deployment of 1,754 personnel tasked to ensure the peaceful and orderly observance of Holy Week in the area.

‘These police personnel will be deployed in strategic area…

15 BIFF members yield in Maguindanao Sur

CAMP SIONGCO: Fifteen members of the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) took the chance to return to mainstream society while observing the fasting month of Ramadan.

Brig. Gen. Oriel Pangcog, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Bri…