Provincial
Batangas City intensifies anti-TB program
June 15, 2018, 7:32 pm
BATANGAS CITY- The City Health Office (CHO) here has intensified its health services in pursuit of the Department of Health's (DOH) target to broaden the anti-tuberculosis (TB) program for the corresponding treatment and avert the spread of the disease. City Health Officer Dr. Rosanna Barrion said… Read More
Partylist offers tech-voc scholarship to 400 indigent students
June 15, 2018, 7:07 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- The AASENSO Partylist has allotted PHP8 million scholarship to 400 indigent high school graduates in the Cordillera, who want to enroll in technical-vocational courses. Lawyer Isagani Nerez, AASENSO national chairman, said his group has set aside funds for about 5,000 beneficiaries… Read More
Baragatan sa Palawan 2018 festival officially opens
June 15, 2018, 6:58 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Baragatan sa Palawan 2018 was officially opened in this city to mark the province’s 120th Civil Government foundation day on Friday. Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez, Vice Governor Dennis Socrates, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan , and department heads… Read More
1st reg'l consultation on proposed federal Constitution set in NegOr
June 15, 2018, 6:57 pm
NEGROS ORIENTAL -- All eyes will be on Negros Oriental as the first regional consultation on the concrete proposals and design of the federal system takes place on Monday, June 18, where an expected 500 participants will gather and give feedback to the proposed draft Constitution that will be… Read More
10,500 join walk against drugs in Bacolod City
June 15, 2018, 6:55 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- About 10,500 participants from various sectors joined the walk against illegal drugs organized by the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of Bacolod (CADCoB) in this city Friday morning. The fund-raising activity, dubbed “Lakad Iwas Droga”: The CADCoB Walk for a Cause 2018, was… Read More
Rabid dogs bite 8 people in Iloilo town
June 15, 2018, 6:48 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Eight individuals were bitten by rabid dogs in the village of Poblacion, New Lucena, Iloilo, Mayor Christian Sorongon confirmed on Friday. All the victims in these different biting incidents are now all in good condition and have received anti-rabies vaccines. Sorongon said that… Read More
RDC-6 endorses P667-M Bacolod tourism infra projects
June 15, 2018, 6:43 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- The proposed tourism infrastructure projects of the City of Bacolod, amounting to PHP667 million, were approved by the Regional Development Council (RDC) during its second-quarter regular meeting here Thursday. Mayor Evelio Leonardia presented the projects as part of the one-day… Read More
Cavite guv offers post-grad scholarship to SK federation presidents
June 15, 2018, 6:37 pm
TANZA, Cavite -- Cavite Governor Jesus Crispin Remulla has offered scholarships to qualified Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) federation presidents in the towns and cities of the province if they wish to pursue a master’s degree. In a report on Friday, Remulla gave the assurance to “just tell me as… Read More
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
