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Close To 17K Families In W. Visayas Still In Evac Centers

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported that there are over 80,000 individuals who are still staying in various evacuation centers in Iloilo and Negros Occidental as of Jan. 3, 2022.

Solon Urges LGUs To Allow Walk-In Vaccinations For Seniors, PWDs

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

Senior Citizen Party-list urged local government units to allow walk-in vax for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and immunocompromised individuals since there are still over a million seniors who have not yet received any vaccine.

Bacolod City Steps Up Border Controls After Logging Omicron Case

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

Bacolod City Mayor ordered to heighten border controls after the city reported a case of the Covid-19 Omicron variant in the province.

SMC Takes Coastal Cleanup Drive To Batangas, To Start MMORS River System Rehab Soon

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

San Miguel Corporation has extended its coastal clean-up drive to in Batangas, even as it prepares to start cleaning up the heavily-polluted Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system in Bulacan.

Pres’l Yacht Turned Floating Hospital Serves ‘Odette’ Victims

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

The presidential yacht has been transformed into a floating hospital, has served patients from isolated areas in the Dinagat Islands, one of the provinces devastated by Typhoon Odette in December.

Army-Transported Relief Goods Now In Visayas, Mindanao

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

Tons of relief goods transported by military troops have arrived in areas in the Visayas and Mindanao that were battered by Typhoon Odette.

Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal Under Alert Level 3 On Jan. 5-15

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

Three provinces will shift to a stricter Alert Level 3 from January 5 to 15 due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, possibly spiked by the Omicron variant, Malacañang announced Tuesday.

Manila Sticks To Walk-In Policy In All Vaccination Sites

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

Even non-residents flocked to vax sites in Manila to get their protection against the Covid-19 amid rising infections in the National Capital Region.

1.2M Families Affected By ‘Odette’: NDRRMC

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that the number of families affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December has reached over a million residing in more than 6,000 barangays in 11 regions.

PITX, North Luzon Bus Terminal Remain Operational

Uptown Magazine - January 5, 2022

The two integrated bus terminals serving the North-Luzon Expressway and South Luzon Expressway are said to remain operational unless ordered otherwise.