Luzon

 January 31, 2021 Dexter A. See The city continues to gain headway in the upgrading of its central isolation unit based at the former Sto. Niño Hospital with the completion of the project that increased its bed capacity to 300. City...

PRINCESS CLEA ARCELLAZ January 31, 2021 INSTALLATION of additional bicycle lanes is now being eyed in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga to ensure the safety and comfort of bikers. During her visit to the city Friday, January 29, 2021,...

IAN OCAMPO FLORA January 31, 2021 DEBUNKING myths and biases towards vaccines is a key approach in ensuring that any vaccination plan is acceptable to the public, according to Guagua town Mayor Dante Torres, whose team had been conceptualizing a...

PRINCESS CLEA ARCELLAZ January 31, 2021 THE number of confirmed coronavirus cases among policemen in Central Luzon nears 400. As of Friday, January 29, 2021, Police Regional Office-Central Luzon Health Service Office reported a total of 368 uniformed and non-uniformed...

Contact tracing teams dispatched to Bontoc, Mountain Province have so far identified more than 600 contacts of the 12 Covid-19 UK variant cases in the town. Department of Health-Cordillera Director Ruby Constantino said the teams have identified 645 first, second,...

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (PIATF) has ordered a mandatory 14-day community quarantine starting Jan. 25 in all municipalities following this city’s order of a lockdown similar to an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). In an advisory Jan....

With the looming general community quarantine status for the Cordillera effective Feb. 1, tourists are advised to pre-book before visiting tourism sites in La Trinidad, Benguet. The Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force said walk-in visitors are discouraged while those who have...

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Mayor Romeo K. Salda lauded the Cordillera Comprehensive Action Team (CCAT) for its volunteer efforts in implementing the Inter-agency Task Force protocols during Covid-19 operations. Since the start of community lockdowns in March until December 2020,...

A 16-bed isolation facility worth P13 million at the Benguet General Hospital is now open to cater to Covid-19 patients from the province. BeGH Chief Dr. Meliarazon Dulay said the facility will cater to symptomatic, severe, and critical Covid-19 cases...

The Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay or BLISTT Governing Council has requested for stricter enforcement of border controls following the recent detection of the UK variant in Mountain Province and Benguet. In a resolution, the BLISTT Governing...