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19 loose firearms seized in Sulu

Jolo, Sulu - The longstanding coordination between military forces and key leaders in the Municipality of Omar, Sulu led to the turnover of 19 rifles on Friday, August 13, at the 1101st Infantry Brigade (1101 Bde) Headquarters in Brgy. Samak, Talipao.

Bello flexes ILO role, presses democratization

Only by democratizing the International Labor Organization (ILO) can it truly set global labor standards to advance social and economic justice for the working people of the world, Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello III said on Sunday (Aug. 15).

PNP backs move to prohibit the fully vaxxed from getting more jabs

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar expressed support for ordinances that would prevent fully vaccinated persons from availing of more COVID-19 jabs, particularly those freely given by LGUs, as boosters.

More ASG bandits yield in Sulu

Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Bautista, Jolo, Sulu – Last Friday (Aug. 13), four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members formally surrendered to military units in Sulu at the 1101st Infantry Brigade (1101st Bde) Headquarters in Bud Bayug, Brgy. Samak, Talipao, Sulu.

DOH, UP-PGC, UP-NIH confirm first case of Lambda variant in PH

The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines - National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) reported on Sunday (Aug. 15) the detection of the first case of the Lambda (C.37) variant of interest in the country, along with 182 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 41 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 66 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and 40 P.3 variant cases.

Metro Mayors urged to issue executive orders against unauthorized COVID-19 inoculations

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) urged local government units in the National Capital Region to issue executive orders and/or enact ordinances penalizing all persons who are found to be responsible for unauthorized inoculations utilizing government-procured COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots.

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