Wednesday, 9 September 2026

North Cotabato enforces measures as ASF cases spike

KIDAPAWAN: The provincial government imposed preventive measures to contain the new spike of African swine fever (ASF) infestation in North Cotabato, depopulating around 128 hogs as of Tuesday.

Eliseo Mangliwan, the provincial government’s ASF focal …

Farmer’s daughter earns Engineering degree as BARMM scholar

COTABATO: A farmer in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is full of gratitude for a government program that helped his daughter earn an Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering degree.

Mhads Motalib, a rice and corn farmer in …

DOH-4A logs fewer infant, mom deaths, more dengue, TB recoveries

CALAMBA: The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 4A (Calabarzon) reported that the government’s various interventions have resulted in much lower infant mortalities and higher survival rates for dengue and tuberculosis (TB) patients.

During Tuesday’…

DOH 8-point agenda seeks to quell rising HIV cases in Caraga

BUTUAN: The Department of Health-Caraga (DOH-13) is intensifying the implementation of the 8-Point Action Agenda to address the region’s pressing health concerns, including the increasing cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

‘The agency conti…

Medical courses now offered in 4 E. Visayas provinces

TACLOBAN: The Department of Health (DOH) regional office has welcomed the offering of medical courses in four of the six provinces in Eastern Visayas, as this will address the shortage of health workers.

Outside this city, medical courses will be off…

Camarines Sur farmers earn P449K from DAR agri-fair project

LEGAZPI: Agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in Camarines Sur have earned PHP449,710 selling their farm harvests at a trade-fair market inside the Camarines Sur Provincial Police Office (PPO) headquarters organized by the Department of A…

High gas flux observed in Kanlaon Volcano anew

MANILA: High volume of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission was observed in Kanlaon Volcano on Tuesday, just four days after its highest SO2 emission for the year was recorded.

In an advisory, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs…