Provincial

New anti-corruption program to focus on LGUs

New anti-corruption program to focus on LGUs

June 6, 2018, 6:30 pm

ILOILO CITY -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is gearing to introduce a new program, dubbed “Bantay Kaagapay Program” (BKP), to give emphasis to corruption at the local government level. The program will replace the former Masa-Masid (Mamamayang Ayaw sa Anomaliya,… Read More

15 cops facing charges in Cordillera

15 cops facing charges in Cordillera

June 6, 2018, 5:55 pm

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Fifteen cops are facing administrative and criminal cases with the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Police Regional Office in Cordillera (Procor), authorities said Wednesday. Police Senior Superintendent Nestor Eswagen Felix, head of the Cordillera IAS, said out of the… Read More

Western Visayas police has new chief

Western Visayas police has new chief

June 6, 2018, 5:00 pm

ILOILO CITY -- The Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) on Tuesday welcomed Chief Supt. John C. Bulalacao as its new regional director. Bulalacao replaced Chief Supt. Cesar Hawthorne Binag who was promoted to a two-star general and assigned as director of the Directorate for Information and… Read More

DENR says team to validate Region 8 reforestation program

DENR says team to validate Region 8 reforestation program

June 6, 2018, 4:54 pm

TACLOBAN CITY -- A private firm will check thousands of hectares planted with trees in Eastern Visayas under the government’s “National Greening Program (NGP)”, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. The DENR will tap a group of experts from the… Read More

LTFRB-10 welcomes petition opposing taxi fare hike

LTFRB-10 welcomes petition opposing taxi fare hike

June 6, 2018, 4:49 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) is ready to receive any petition that would seek the city’s exemption from last year's taxi fare hike.LTFRB-10 Regional Director Aminoden Guro said Wednesday his office welcomes… Read More

Opening of classes in GenTri runs smooth, peaceful

Opening of classes in GenTri runs smooth, peaceful

June 6, 2018, 4:21 pm

GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite – The Department of Education (DepEd)-Cavite office welcomed back grade schoolers and ushered in new students in public schools during Monday’s opening of classes that run smoothly and peacefully. Cavite School’s District Supervisors Dr. Laura Garcia, Dr. Edna… Read More

Palawan proposes to regulate use of fake cultural accessories, props

Palawan proposes to regulate use of fake cultural accessories, props

June 6, 2018, 4:17 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- A provincial board member here has filed a proposed ordinance to regulate the use of fake accessories and props in the performance of cultural dances of tribal communities to protect their traditions. The ordinance was proposed Tuesday by Indigenous People’s… Read More

Central Visayas’ 'Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya' winners bared

Central Visayas’ 'Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya' winners bared

June 6, 2018, 4:03 pm

CEBU CITY -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development 7 (Central Visayas) on Tuesday announced the provincial winners in its search for the region’s “Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya”. DSWD-7 Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre said the first placers from each of the four provinces in Central… Read More

DepEd okays tuition hike of 38 schools in east Visayas

DepEd okays tuition hike of 38 schools in east Visayas

June 6, 2018, 3:39 pm

TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has approved the tuition hike sought by 38 private schools in Eastern Visayas this academic year. The number is more than 10 percent of the 301 non-government schools in the region. DepEd Eastern Visayas regional public affairs unit head Jasmin… Read More

NCIP nixes appointment of Davao City IP council rep

NCIP nixes appointment of Davao City IP council rep

June 6, 2018, 1:51 pm

DAVAO CITY--The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has disqualified the Indigenous Peoples’ Mandatory Representative (IPMR) to the City Council on the grounds of bloodline and track record.Ending speculations in the delay of NCIP’s issuance of a Certificate of Affirmation (COA)… Read More

Zambo City dismisses 2 employees for illegal drug activities

Zambo City dismisses 2 employees for illegal drug activities

June 6, 2018, 12:55 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY--The city government here has dismissed from service two employees who were caught by police authorities involved in illegal drug activities.Lawyer Jesus Carbon, city legal officer, said one of the two dismissed employees was an engineer assigned at the Office of the City… Read More

Bukidnon cops net 5 in anti-illegal drug ops

Bukidnon cops net 5 in anti-illegal drug ops

June 6, 2018, 11:39 am

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon – Bukidnon policemen arrested five individuals in separate anti-illegal drugs operations throughout the province on Monday (June 4).Police identified the suspects as Allan Baragona, Mohamad Macabando, Eugene Evarolo, Jeph Ryan Bazar, and Gilbert Jimenez. All of them are… Read More

Natural seaweed farming pushed in Palawan

Natural seaweed farming pushed in Palawan

June 6, 2018, 10:31 am

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved here a resolution urging municipal agriculture officers to promote and encourage the natural farming of seaweeds and avoid the use of fertilizers. The measure, approved on Tuesday, was authored by Board Member Marivic Roxas,… Read More

Davao mayor lauds arrest of NPA leader

Davao mayor lauds arrest of NPA leader

June 6, 2018, 8:42 am

DAVAO CITY--Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday lauded the military for the successful operation leading to the apprehension of Elizalde Caṅete alias Ka Jinggoy, the top leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Davao Region and some parts of Bukidnon. “I am very happy… Read More

Pangasinan school kids hold classes in makeshift rooms

Pangasinan school kids hold classes in makeshift rooms

June 6, 2018, 7:44 am

MANAOAG, Pangasinan -- Grades four, five and six pupils of Pao Elementary School will hold their classes in makeshift classrooms following the fire incident on Monday afternoon that destroyed their school building with six classrooms, including the guidance office. In an interview Tuesday,… Read More

Pupils in Bataan upland village hold classes in container vans

Pupils in Bataan upland village hold classes in container vans

June 5, 2018, 10:07 pm

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan -- For the second year now, school children in an Aeta village here continued to hold classes in seven container vans, pending completion of construction of a new school building. Ruby Paule, 11-year-old Aeta girl in Grade 6, said she was happy that at long last after six… Read More

Baguio prosecutor’s office solves nearly all cases

Baguio prosecutor’s office solves nearly all cases

June 5, 2018, 10:06 pm

NEAR-ZERO BACKLOG. In Monday's flag-raising ceremony at the Department of Justice in Baguio, Chief Prosecutor Elmer Manuel Sagsago (front) reports his office has resolved 96.45 percent of the total 929 cases it handled from January to May this year. All the 215 inquest cases were properly… Read More

Cop killed, 9 others wounded in Sagada clash

Cop killed, 9 others wounded in Sagada clash

June 5, 2018, 10:05 pm

CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A policeman was killed while nine other cops were wounded during an encounteer with members of the New People Army (NPA) in Sagada, Mountain Province before noon on Tuesday, according to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PROCOR). PROCOR Director Chief Supt. Rolando… Read More

Dumaguete councilor pushes for safer boarding houses

Dumaguete councilor pushes for safer boarding houses

June 5, 2018, 9:57 pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- A member of the city council is enjoining concerned agencies here to ensure that boarding houses are safe and conducive to learning. Councilor Estanislao Alviola stressed it is not about raising additional revenues for the city coffers, but most important is the… Read More

Vatican official lauds Dumaguete's Diocesan Pastoral Assembly

Vatican official lauds Dumaguete's Diocesan Pastoral Assembly

June 5, 2018, 9:43 pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- An official from the Vatican, who hails from the province of Bohol in Central Visayas, has lauded the Diocese of Dumaguete for coming up with its Diocesan Pastoral Assembly (DPA), which he describes as relevant to Pope Francis’ thrust towards communion among… Read More