Provincial
Peter Lim’s car shop bombed
July 6, 2018, 5:25 pm
CEBU CITY -- The business establishment owned by alleged drug lord Peter Lim in Mandaue City was bombed at 2:15 a.m. Thursday by unidentified men. Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and Special Weapons and Tactics of the Mandaue City Police Office rushed to Hilton Motors Corp. along… Read More
4 crime gang men die in Zambo Sur shootout
July 6, 2018, 5:24 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Four people, including two criminal gang leaders, were killed in a shootout with policemen in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, a top police official said Friday.Chief Supt. Billy Beltran, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the… Read More
Slight increase in new SRP of commodities not only due to TRAIN
July 6, 2018, 3:43 pm
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Antique clarified that the slight increase in the prices of basic commodities, as reflected in the new Suggested Retail Price (SRP) disseminated to the retailers, in the province is not solely due to the… Read More
NFA starts delivery to resettlement areas in Bulacan
July 6, 2018, 3:04 pm
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan – Cheap rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) has started reaching five resettlement sites in this province. Rex Estoperez, NFA spokesperson and Central Luzon director, said on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed NFA Administrator Jason Aquino to… Read More
Vegetarianism helps journo-lawyer juggle 2 professions
July 6, 2018, 2:41 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- A 63-year-old lawyer, who is also a journalist, said being strictly vegetarian has helped him maintain good health despite his busy schedule and heavy workload. Antonio Pekas, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Zigzag weekly newspaper that circulates in the Cordillera region, said… Read More
No report of counterfeit P10K bill in Visayas: BSP
July 6, 2018, 2:17 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- No fake 10,000-peso bill has been reported in the Visayas, said an official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Director Leonides Sumbi of the BSP’s regional office in Cebu, who was here Thursday for the launch of the Knowledge Resource Network (KRN), said none of the BSP… Read More
13 BIFF, 2 soldiers killed in Maguindanao fighting
July 6, 2018, 1:22 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – Thirteen members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and two government troopers – including a lieutenant – were killed in the ongoing skirmishes in Maguindanao.“The number of BIFF killed was based on two-way radio… Read More
3 die, 5 hurt as jeep falls off ravine in Zambo Norte
July 6, 2018, 1:04 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Three people, two of whom were teenagers, were killed while five others were wounded when a passenger jeep fell off a ravine in the Zamboanga del Norte town of Katipunan, police said Friday.Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) information… Read More
3 MILF men, 2 others nabbed in Cotabato anti-drug ops
July 6, 2018, 1:02 pm
COTABATO CITY--After a weeklong surveillance, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) said it arrested five persons, including three Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members, during a buy-bust operation on Thursday.PDEA-ARMM Director… Read More
Ilocos Norte farmers benefit from tobacco excise tax share
July 6, 2018, 12:54 pm
LAOAG CITY — Farmers in Badoc, Ilocos Norte were all smiles on Thursday as they finally received farm machineries and fertilizers from their municipal government. At least 31 tractors and 4,307 sacks of fertilizers were distributed to all of the villages, purchased using the town's tobacco… Read More
Arts group visits Ilocos Norte to share talent with kids
July 6, 2018, 12:49 pm
LAOAG CITY — A group of Filipino artists from the various parts of the country is in Ilocos Norte today (Friday) for a 15-day exhibit and workshop. Self-thought Ilocana artist Angelie Banaag of Laoag City said the event is a good opportunity to promote the camaraderie and unity among arts and… Read More
Average monthly crime rate in NegOcc down by 65% in H1
July 6, 2018, 12:41 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- The average monthly crime rate in Negros Occidental has decreased by 65.05 percent in the first six months of 2018 as a result of intensive police operations. Data released by the provincial police on Thursday showed that from January to June last year, an average of 27.11 crimes… Read More
DoST to showcase new technologies at Nat’l Science Week in Davao
July 6, 2018, 8:35 am
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) will open a three-day Science and Technology Week (NSTW) July 6 at the SM Convention Center here with a showcase of new technologies, including the country’s space science program.DoST Assistant Secretary for Mindanao Anthony Sales… Read More
LTO rolls out 4K newly designed vehicle plates in Pangasinan
July 6, 2018, 7:09 am
DAGUPAN CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Regional Office 1 (Ilocos region) rolled out 4,447 pairs of vehicle plates here Thursday morning. In an interview with Department of Transportation Undersecretary Thomas “Tim” Orbos, he bared that the plates released were part of the… Read More
Bicol to 'stand alone' as federated region: ConCom member
July 5, 2018, 11:28 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- A Bicolana lawyer, who is the lone female member of the Consultative Committee (ConCom) tasked to review the 1987 Constitution, said she strongly believes that Bicol can "stand alone" as a federated region under a Federal Republic."Yes, Yes, Yes, Bicol can stand... economically.… Read More
Peralta is new UPLB Gender Center director
July 5, 2018, 9:40 pm
LOS BAǸOS, Laguna – The Office of the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Los Baǹos (UPLB) has appointed lawyer Eric Paul D. Peralta, former UPLB Gender Center (GC) Resident Legal Consultant, as new GC director. Peralta formally assumed his post on July 1, per advisory Thursday… Read More
Suspected shabu worth P850,000 seized in Cavite
July 5, 2018, 9:31 pm
CAMP GEN. PANTALEON GARCIA, Imus City – Police operatives have arrested a suspected illegal drug peddler for yielding about 125 grams of suspected shabu worth some PHP850,000 during a drug bust operation in Dasmariñas City on Wednesday. Senior Supt. William Segun, Cavite provincial police… Read More
DOH alarmed by 40% hike in Cordillera's lepto cases
July 5, 2018, 9:24 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of 28 leptospirosis cases were recorded in the Cordillera Region from January to June 2018, showing a 40 percent increase compared to the 20 cases during the same period last year. Geeny Austria, nurse at the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department… Read More
Quezon to train more building emergency evacuation marshals
July 5, 2018, 9:19 pm
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Quezon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) will be training more “Building Emergency Evacuation Marshals” to highlight the observance of National Disaster Resilience Month this July. PDRRMO officer-in-charge Melchor Avenilla Jr. on… Read More
Small-scale miners' group backs easing rules on ‘Minahang Bayan’
July 5, 2018, 9:14 pm
BAGUIO CITY- The Benguet Federation of Small-Scale Miners (BFSSM) on Thursday expressed support to the position of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), urging the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to ease the requirements in the… Read More
