Bullets spray the water around one flailing man. One round catches him. His body stills. Blood plumes in the blue ocean. Later, deckhands laugh and pose for photos.
Unbeknownst to many, Palawan serves as the only place in the Philippines that homes the Asian small-clawed otter, a semiaquatic mammal claimed to be the smallest otter species in the world, according to some leading experts.
This developed following the meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) held Friday afternoon, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press statement.
The ban was ordered by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) effective February 4, said Thursday by ICF spokesperson and corrections technical officer II Levi Evangelista to Palawan News.
Evangelista said it also covers family members of inmates with coughs and colds and flu who will visit their subcolonies.
City Health Office (CHO) chief Dr. Ric Panganiban said all passengers from international flights arriving in Puerto Princesa are now required to fill up a health checklist in relation to the spread of the novel coronavirus or the 2019-nCoV.
City health chief Dr. Ricardo Panganiban said Tuesday they have not received any directive yet from the Department of Health (DOH) regarding the mysterious disease that has already sent at least 59 people in hospitals in China due to the severity of their cases, but they have gone on alert since reports came out in the news.
Conducted on December 10 and 11, DSWD MIMAROPA officer-in-charge regional director Floreceli Gunio said the activity is part of the international day against trafficking and celebration of their 180day campaign to end violence against women.
