Provincial
PDEA nabs trader, seizes drugs, guns in Cotabato
June 15, 2018, 5:30 pm
COTABATO CITY--Anti-narcotics agents arrested Thursday night a businessman here for drug peddling, authorities said Friday.Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) identified the suspect as Iskhak Omar, a resident of… Read More
DILG reminds youth leaders to be ‘catalyst for change’
June 15, 2018, 5:10 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Recently-elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officers in the province of Iloilo should “maximize their energy” to better serve their fellow youth. Teodora Sumagaysay, provincial director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) office in Iloilo, said… Read More
DSWD launches 1st UCT payout to social pension beneficiaries
June 15, 2018, 4:48 pm
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday launched the first ever Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) payout to some 733 Kapampangan-beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC). “A total of three million… Read More
DILG serves dismissal order of Ilocos Norte town mayor, administrator
June 15, 2018, 4:00 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Representatives of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 1 (Ilocos) served a dismissal order against Paoay Mayor Jessie Galano and municipal administrator Bruno Dumlao on Thursday afternoon. Served by Lawyer Joseph Apolonio, Legal Officer of the DILG Region 1,… Read More
Muslims in Bataan observe Eid’l Fit’r
June 15, 2018, 3:53 pm
BALANGA City, Bataan -- Muslims in Bataan observed on Friday Eid’l Fit’r, the conclusion of Ramadan, through prayers and lectures held in various communities like at the People’s Center here. Sultan Abdullah Ampuan, 44, president of the Unity of Muslim Association in Bataan, said that after… Read More
Liguasan communities, Army forge alliance vs. BIFF
June 15, 2018, 3:45 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – The military and communities around the vast Liguasan Marsh in Maguindanao have forged an alliance to fight abuses brought by the IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the area.Lt. Colonel Harold Cabunoc, Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion commander,… Read More
Manhunt on for militiaman who killed colleague in N. Cotabato
June 15, 2018, 3:44 pm
PIKIT, North Cotabato – Police in North Cotabato has launched a manhunt against a militiaman who shot dead a colleague inside a para-military detachment in Barangay Ginatilan here Thursday night following a heated argument.Supt. Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police spokesperson, identified the… Read More
Lightning kills 2, injures 1 in Sibugay town
June 15, 2018, 3:42 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Two people were killed while another was critically injured in a lightning strike in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Friday.Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, said the incident happened around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in… Read More
Village councilor, 2 others killed in anti-drug raids in Koronadal
June 15, 2018, 3:41 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--A village councilor and two other suspected drug personalities were killed in separate police anti-drug operations in Koronadal City early Friday.Senior Insp. Brent Ian Salazar, deputy chief of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU)-12, said the suspects were gunned… Read More
Zambo barangay officials told to work towards progress
June 15, 2018, 3:40 pm
Rep. Celso Lobregat of the first congressional district of Zamboanga City faces to reporters in a recent press conference at his residence. (Photo courtesy: first district congressional office) ZAMBOANGA CITY--Rep. Celso Lobregat on Friday called on the newly-elected and re-elected barangay… Read More
Duterte wants more public consultation on peace talks: Dureza
June 15, 2018, 2:32 pm
DAVAO CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the government peace panel to further engage the public to draw more support for the peace negotiations with the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).This was bared by… Read More
Peaceful celebration of Eid’l Fitr in Cotabato noted
June 15, 2018, 2:29 pm
COTABATO CITY – Thousands of Muslim faithful gathered in various congregational prayer venues here Friday as they celebrated Eid’l Fitr, the culmination of the month-long fasting period of Ramadan.Local law enforcement units remained on alert although no major untoward incidents were reported… Read More
Mayor Sara opens P28-M children’s playground, other public facilities
June 15, 2018, 2:28 pm
DAVAO CITY--The city government opened on Thursday more leisure spaces where children and their families could bond together, as well as an improved health center and public restrooms.Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio led the formal opening and blessing of two children’s playgrounds in… Read More
SM to launch first condo project in Davao this June
June 15, 2018, 2:26 pm
DAVAO CITY--The SM Development Corp. (SMC) will launch this month its residential condominium here, the company's first real estate project in Mindanao.SM Lanang mall manager Jonathan Nick Santos said Thursday the condominium project will be located next to the premier mall in Lanang, this… Read More
Barangay captain killed in shootout on Mangsee Island, Palawan
June 15, 2018, 1:55 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The incoming barangay chairman of Mangsee Island in Balabac town, southern Palawan, was killed following an arrest operation carried out by anti-illegal drug operatives early Friday. Pisto Hamja, one of two barangay officials in Palawan whose names were in a narco… Read More
Palawan entomological study to pit larvae-eating mosquito vs. dengue
June 15, 2018, 11:57 am
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Department of Health (DOH) has announced that Palawan’s current efforts in entomological research may have found a large larvae-eating mosquito that has the potential of destroying the immature dengue-carrying Aedis Aegypti mosquitoes. DOH Mimaropa OIC… Read More
8 nabbed, P272K illegal drugs seized in Zamboanga
June 15, 2018, 11:28 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Police arrested eight people, including a telephone firm employee, and seized some PHP272,400 worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-drug operations around Zamboanga region.Chief Supt. Billy Beltran, Police Regional Office 9 (Zamboanga) director, said the arrests and confiscation… Read More
Monsoon rains beneficial to Ilocos Norte farmers
June 14, 2018, 9:53 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Ilocos farmers have long been praying for rain and with the prolonged rainfall brought about the southwest monsoon, Fiel Camacho’s face lit up with excitement, as he can now till the once dried up farmland that is dependent on rainwater. For a week now, farmers here had been busy… Read More
SK federation in Negros Oriental elects new leaders
June 14, 2018, 9:51 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- The provincial Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) federation has chosen a new leader to represent the youth at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan as ex-officio member. Bindoy SK federation president Adem Maxino garnered 16 points against Dumaguete SK federation president Danni… Read More
Task group to probe village chief shooting in Negros Oriental
June 14, 2018, 9:29 pm
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental - The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NORPPO) has formed another special investigation task group to look into the shooting and wounding of a newly-elected punong barangay in Barangay Humay-humay, Guihulngan City. Presently recuperating from gunshot wounds… Read More
