Provincial
Slain ‘drug lord’s’ lawyer shot dead in Roxas City
September 28, 2018, 7:27 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The legal counsel of slain suspected Western Visayas drug lord Melvin Odicta Sr. was shot dead by an unidentified suspect at the Culasi Port in Roxas City, Capiz on Friday afternoon. Lawyer Edeljulio Romero,50, of Barangay South San Jose, Molo, Iloilo City succumbed to a gunshot… Read More
Number of Boracay visitors to be strictly monitored
September 28, 2018, 7:24 pm
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- The number of visitors entering Boracay Island will be strictly monitored to ensure that it will not exceed its current carrying capacity. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Puyat said Friday the carrying capacity of the island will be strictly implemented once it reopens on… Read More
Eastern Visayas trade fair in Manila eyes P23-M sales
September 28, 2018, 5:36 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expects to generate at least PHP23 million from the upcoming Bahandi Regional Trade Fair that will showcase the best of Eastern Visayas. A total of 234 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the region’s six provinces will… Read More
Zamboanga City eyes mass transport system in key areas
September 28, 2018, 5:31 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The local government here is planning to purchase 15 shuttle buses in a bid to introduce mass transport serving the airport, seaport and the integrated bus terminal (IBT), as well as other parts of the city. Cesar Raz, assistant city administrator, said each bus will have a… Read More
DSWD to send back 202 deportees from Malaysia to provinces
September 28, 2018, 5:28 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday announced that it is undertaking the necessary preparation to send back a group of Filipino deportees to their respective places of origin. Ivan Eric Salvador, DSWD regional information officer, said a group of… Read More
P15-M MisOr road project to be completed in 2 months
September 28, 2018, 5:15 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- A PHP15-million road project funded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Kinoguitan town of Misamis Oriental will be completed in 60 days.This was assured by the provincial government on Thursday, as it underscored the project's importance in… Read More
Batangas LGUs, Church, multi-sector forge pact for calamity response
September 28, 2018, 5:01 pm
BATANGAS CITY – The provincial government here has forged a partnership with the religious and private sectors to ensure local government presence during calamities and emergency situations. Batangas public information office chief Jenelyn A. Aguilera told the Philippine News Agency on Friday… Read More
CSC dismisses Palawan town vice mayor
September 28, 2018, 4:59 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has dismissed a municipal vice mayor in southern Palawan after finding her guilty of “serious dishonesty and grave misconduct” for using another person to take her civil service eligibility examination.Ordered dismissed was… Read More
Ilocos, Cordillera farmers get crop insurance pay after ‘Ompong’
September 28, 2018, 4:54 pm
DAGUPAN CITY -- The Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) is fast-tracking the processing and payment of crop insurance claims of farmers from disaster-stricken provinces to help them get back on track. As of Wednesday, some 43,000 farmers from Typhoon Ompong-affected Pangasinan, La Union,… Read More
Iloilo university achieves 100% MedTech board passing rate
September 28, 2018, 4:19 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The University of San Agustin (USA) again achieved a 100-percent passing rate for this year’s Medical Technologist (MedTech) board examination, with two of its examinees landing among the Top 10. This is the second year that USA joined other schools across the country to rank… Read More
Typhoon victims in Ilocos Norte to get shelter assistance
September 28, 2018, 4:00 pm
LAOAG CITY -The provincial government of Ilocos Norte has partnered with the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in rehabilitating housing units in the province, which were damaged by Typhoon "Ompong" (Mangkhut) about two weeks ago. An owner… Read More
Eastern Visayas stakeholders renew vow to improve local governance
September 28, 2018, 3:57 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has solicited the commitment of 42 national government agencies, local governments, academic institutions, media, and faith-based organizations to unify capacity development initiatives for local governments.… Read More
China donates 10 tons of rice, canned goods to Ilocos Norte
September 28, 2018, 3:53 pm
LAOAG CITY—The Chinese government has donated 10 tons of premium rice and two truckloads of canned goods to the typhoon victims in the province. “I hope the people of Ilocos Norte will start to rebuild rapidly and recover soon,” said Wang Jianqun, Consul and Head of Post of the Chinese… Read More
NegOcc mulls loaning NFA rice from Iloilo anew
September 28, 2018, 3:52 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- The National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Occidental will again borrow 10,000 bags of rice from Iloilo in case it runs short of buffer stocks while waiting for the arrival of its additional import allocation. NFA-Negros Occidental Frisco Canoy said that as of Thursday, the… Read More
2 soldiers die, another hurt in Cotabato highway mishap
September 28, 2018, 3:29 pm
COTABATO CITY – Two soldiers were killed while another was hospitalized after a local government truck they were riding in fell into a 50-feet deep cliff in Arakan, North Cotabato Thursday afternoon, police said. Chief Inspector Jun Napat, Arakan town police chief, withheld the identities of… Read More
Comelec-Dumaguete sets last 3 days of voters’ list-up at mall
September 28, 2018, 3:21 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Dumaguete City set up its voters’ registration booth at the Robinsons Place on Thursday for the remaining three days of registration of voters. Lawyer Gildu Agoncillo, city election officer, said they had to transfer operations from… Read More
Cops track down suspect in shooting of court secretary
September 28, 2018, 3:03 pm
COTABATO CITY – A local court employee is fighting for his life after a still unidentified gunman shot him along San Isidro St., Barangay Rosary Heights 10 here Thursday night. Senior Supt. Rolly Octavio, city police director, said a manhunt has been launched against “persons of interest” in… Read More
Crime volume down 5.74% in Calabarzon
September 28, 2018, 2:51 pm
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – Crime volume in Calabarzon dropped to 31,392 cases in the past eight months this year, down 5.74 percent from 33,302 cases recorded during the same period last year, according to Calabarzon Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Edward E. Carranza. Carranza… Read More
Public schools in Ilocos Norte get free electricity
September 28, 2018, 12:48 pm
LAOAG CITY -- The provincial government of Ilocos Norte has allocated funds for the monthly electricity bills of public primary schools in the province. Under the “Kuryente Mo, Sagot Ko” program, the provincial government’s Special Education Fund will cover the payment of electricity bills… Read More
Bacolod drug suspect flees, leaves behind P1.2-M ‘shabu’
September 28, 2018, 12:43 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- About PHP1.2 million worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) were seized by operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit in a buy-bust in Purok Tahong, Barangay 2 here Wednesday night. A report of the Bacolod City Police Office released Thursday night showed that the target,… Read More
