CAB signing paved way for regional peace, development -- OPAPRU

THE SIGNING of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has heralded the start of peace and development in the region, said Secretary Carlito Galvez, of the Office of the Presidential Adviser Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU), on Wednesday.

OPAPRU questioned over decommissioning of MILF combatants

LEYTE REP. Richard Gomez has criticized the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) under Sec. Carlito Galvez over the lack of transparency and accountability in the decommissioning of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.

Zamboanga to reclaim ‘ARMM’ property

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Mayor Beng Climaco, who is running for congresswoman in District 1, said she will vigorously pursue - if elected - Zamboanga’s rightful claims to the sprawling Cabatangan property, used by the Moro National Liberation Front in staging deadly attacks here in 2001.

Zambo asks for more Covid vaccines, medicines

CHIEF COVID frontliner Mayor Beng Climaco has asked the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (NIATF-MEID) for additional Covid-19 vaccines and critical care supplies, among others as the City Government continues to battle the spread of the deadly respiratory virus in Zamboanga.

Are there enough Covid-19 vaccines?

THE DUTERTE administration has finally approved the mass vaccination of the general population or those who do not belong in any of the vaccination priority groups set by the Health department.

Where are the vaccines?

OVER 33 million people have registered with their local governments to get vaccinated against Covid-19, but majority of them have not been inoculated due to the lack of supplies.

Protocols for returning OFWs, foreign travellers proposed

CEBU - Following his recommendation for the Covid-19 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to reconsider the current protocols for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) and returning overseas Filipinos, Senator Richard. Gordon recommended a set of rules for fully vaccinated returning OFWs, Philippine residents, foreign tourists and foreign businessmen.

MILF incompetent to govern BARMM

DAVAO CITY – Influential Sulu Governor Sakur Tan branded as incompetent former rebel leaders now running the Muslim autonomous region who failed miserably to deliver on their promise and still asked to junk the 2022 elections and give them a three extension.

Duterte offers Pfizer to Senators

 ‘President defends Chinese Covid vaccines, gets 25 million doses’ 

DAVAO CITY – Following the reported deaths of at two dozen elderly people who had received the Pfizer Covid vaccine in Norway, President Duterte now asked Filipino senators, who are questioning his choice of the Chinese vaccine Sinovac, if they want to be inoculated with Pfizer.

Covid vaccines, where is it?

THE PHILIPPINES continues to negotiate with six Covid-19 vaccine developers and is planning to sign deals for 148 million doses.

Zambo mayor joins Committee on Vaccine Availment

THE LEAGUE of Cities of the Philippines or LCP has included Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco to sit as member of the Committee on Vaccine Availment along with General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera.

Covid-19 vaccine for Cebu assured

THE NATIONAL government said it would provide ample supply of Covid-19 vaccines to Cebu City.

Tawi-Tawi Covid patients flock to Zambo

THE INTER-AGENCY Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has quickly acted to the concerns raised by Mayor Beng Climaco on the increasing number of Covid-19 patients from Tawi-Tawi province now in local hospitals.

Thank you all! Zambo mayor tested negative for Covid-19

ZAMBOANGA MAYOR Beng Climaco thanked all those who prayed for her safety after she was tested negative for the deadly coronavirus disease that had killed at least 8 people here.

Sabah to send home 5,000 Pinoy deportees

SABAH IS set to repatriate at least 5,000 Filipino deportees after successful bilateral talks with the Philippine government.

Duterte government praises Zambo mayor

THE DUTERTE administration praised the efforts of the local government in battling the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease here and lauded the outstanding leadership and governance of Mayor Beng Climaco, said Secretary Carlito Galvez, the Chief Implementer of the national policy against Covid-19.

Sue them! Netizens tell Zambo Mayor Beng to file libel charges vs. defamers’

NETIZENS HAVE called on Mayor Beng Climaco to sue those defaming and maligning her administration and to file libel charges against trolls and black propagandists besmirching her persona.

Zambo’s quarantine measures slow down Covid spread

ZAMBOANGA CITY has effectively controlled the spread of the deadly new coronavirus disease or Covid-19 and slowed down the pandemic through the strict enforcement of the quarantine guidelines set by the national government.

IATF eyes Bohol as model for business reopening

TAGBILARAN CITY – The impressive management against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in Bohol province has won the nod of the national government to make the province one of the models for the reopening of Philippine tourism and stirring back the economy.

More Covid-19 cases recorded in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – More prisoners freed recently by a local court were tested positive for the novel coronavirus as health and local government officials expect a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases here.