Provincial

Slain vice mayor’s kin welcomes latest case development

Slain vice mayor’s kin welcomes latest case development

July 11, 2018, 9:51 pm

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – The family of slain Trece Martires City Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan is hopeful that the discovery of an abandoned Black Toyota Hi Lux vehicle in Maragondown town at 6:55 a.m. Wednesday will finally lead the police to his brother’s killers. In an interview with… Read More

Zamboanga City records 7 leptospirosis deaths

Zamboanga City records 7 leptospirosis deaths

July 11, 2018, 9:30 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY--The City Health Office has advised residents to avoid wading through floodwaters to avoid contracting leptospirosis.Dr. Dulce Amor Dagalea-Miravite, city health officer, on Wednesday issued the advice as her office has recorded 21 cases of leptospirosis with seven deaths for the… Read More

Police impound 132 vehicles in N. Cotabato

Police impound 132 vehicles in N. Cotabato

July 11, 2018, 9:29 pm

COTABATO CITY -- Police impounded on Tuesday a total of 132 vehicles comprising motorbikes, tricycles and a multicab minivan in Pikit, North Cotabato for lack of pertinent papers ranging from non-registration of vehicles, franchise violations, and expired drivers’ licenses.Pikit Police chief,… Read More

Schools urged to adopt urban gardening systems

Schools urged to adopt urban gardening systems

July 11, 2018, 9:09 pm

BAGUIO CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Cordillera is urging schools in the region to adopt available urban gardening systems to sustain their feeding programs for students and at the same time impart the value of healthy eating. Deped-Cordillera Medical Officer Dr. Angeline Calatan… Read More

Davao City commiserates with Japan amid destructive flood

Davao City commiserates with Japan amid destructive flood

July 11, 2018, 9:03 pm

DAVAO CITY—The city government has offered sympathy, condolences, and moral support to the people of Japan affected by the flooding and landslide caused by heavy rainfall on Sunday.In a letter to Japanese envoy to the Philippines Koji Haneda, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio expressed optimism that… Read More

 Ilocos Norte town in state of calamity due to dengue

 Ilocos Norte town in state of calamity due to dengue

July 11, 2018, 9:00 pm

LAOAG CITY — Dingras town in Ilocos Norte has been placed under a state of calamity due to the high number of dengue cases already reported since June, the municipal mayor said Wednesday. Mayor Erdio Valenzuela said since the onset of the rainy season, there have been 66 dengue cases already… Read More

3 public schools in Nueva Ecija receive DOST Starbooks

3 public schools in Nueva Ecija receive DOST Starbooks

July 11, 2018, 8:58 pm

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija — Three public schools in this province have become the latest recipients of the first digital science library in the Philippines, the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks (Starbooks) of the Department of Science and Technology… Read More

Tawi-Tawi town vice mayor shot dead in Zamboanga City

Tawi-Tawi town vice mayor shot dead in Zamboanga City

July 11, 2018, 8:44 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY--Motorcycle riding gunmen killed a Tawi-Tawi town vice mayor in a drive-by shooting on a busy street here, police reported Wednesday.Senior Insp. Shellamie Chang, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) information officer, identified the victim as Sapa-Sapa town Vice Mayor Al-Rasid… Read More

Vehicle similar to that used by Cavite vice mayor’s killers found

Vehicle similar to that used by Cavite vice mayor’s killers found

July 11, 2018, 8:32 pm

MARAGONDON, Cavite – A black Toyota Hilux that matches the vehicle used by the assailants of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan, was found abandoned at the Mabacao-Pantihan 1Bridge in Tulay B village here at 6:55 a.m. Wednesday. Cavite Police Director, Senior Supt. William… Read More

Aeta families benefit from NFA's 'Tagpuan' rice program

Aeta families benefit from NFA's 'Tagpuan' rice program

July 11, 2018, 8:24 pm

PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija -- Indigenous peoples (IPs) living in remote barangays here now have easy access to cheap rice from the National Food Authority (NFA). The NFA launched Tuesday the first “Tagpuan – Rice Response Delivery” program in the province in an effort to directly sell the… Read More

CAAP allots P50.7-M for upgrading of Lingayen Airport

CAAP allots P50.7-M for upgrading of Lingayen Airport

July 11, 2018, 8:00 pm

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has allotted a total of PHP50.7 million for the asphalt overlay of runway, improvement of perimeter fence, construction of one bay fire station building, construction of staff house and other upgrading projects for the… Read More

Hugpong political bloc backs local peace talks

Hugpong political bloc backs local peace talks

July 11, 2018, 7:55 pm

DAVAO CITY--The Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party in the Davao Region said it will pursue local peace talks with the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).In a statement released Tuesday evening, HNP said the party's decision will be… Read More

1,500 join 3rd batch of DOLE emergency employment in Boracay

1,500 join 3rd batch of DOLE emergency employment in Boracay

July 11, 2018, 7:19 pm

ILOILO CITY -- Around 1,500 displaced workers from the informal sector on Boracay Island are now engaged in the 30-day emergency employment under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disavantaged/Displaced (TUPAD) Workers program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). They are the third… Read More

Solon wants House probe on Camiguin power utility

Solon wants House probe on Camiguin power utility

July 11, 2018, 7:07 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Camiguin province's lone district representative,  Xavier Jesus Romualdo, wants the House of Representatives to investigate the island-province's only electric cooperative for alleged mismanagement.Romualdo on Tuesday said he has already requested the House energy… Read More

Davao Oriental starts inventory of untitled lands

Davao Oriental starts inventory of untitled lands

July 11, 2018, 7:02 pm

DAVAO CITY--The newly-installed Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) in Davao Oriental has started inventory of untitled lands in the province as targets for titling and free patent applications.Davao Oriental PENRO director Alberto N. Bandiola said the targets are on… Read More

Palawan wants ‘junk food’ in schools regulated

Palawan wants ‘junk food’ in schools regulated

July 11, 2018, 6:59 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Provincial Board of Palawan approved Tuesday a resolution urging municipal government officials and the local office of the Department of Education (DepEd) to spearhead the campaign against “junk food” in public and private schools to save students from… Read More

Gunmen seize P7.6-M jewelry in Pagadian City highway robbery

Gunmen seize P7.6-M jewelry in Pagadian City highway robbery

July 11, 2018, 6:59 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Police launched a manhunt to find four gunmen behind Monday’s highway robbery involving PHP7.6-million worth of jewelry and other valuables in Pagadian City, capital Zamboanga del Sur.Chief Supt. Edwin de Ocampo, deputy regional director for administration of Police Regional… Read More

Benguet Red Cross seeking 100 blood donors in 10 minutes

Benguet Red Cross seeking 100 blood donors in 10 minutes

July 11, 2018, 6:49 pm

BAGUIO CITY -- One hundred blood donors in 10 minutes. This is the goal of the Provincial Blood Council of Benguet, when it sets up 100 beds at the municipal gymnasium of the capital town of La Trinidad for a blood donation activity on July 31. Oscar Paris, administrator of the Philippine Red… Read More

Western Visayas needs more safety, health practitioners

Western Visayas needs more safety, health practitioners

July 11, 2018, 6:46 pm

ILOILO CITY -- Western Visayas is in need of more safety and health practitioners, said the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Occupational and Health Safety Center (OHSC) regional extension unit (REU 6). Melveen Melecoton of REU 6 on Wednesday said that since January this year, the region has… Read More

Ifugao town wins nutrition award for keeping locals healthy

Ifugao town wins nutrition award for keeping locals healthy

July 11, 2018, 6:45 pm

BAGUIO CITY -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) in Cordillera will award Alfonso Lista town in Ifugao province the Nutrition Honor Award (NHA) for sustaining and continuously improving its nutrition programs for the past six years. NNC Regional Coordinator Rita Papey said Wednesday the… Read More