Provincial
SAP Go lauds PNB for serving underserved areas
August 30, 2018, 4:27 pm
ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte -- Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go lauded the Philippine National Bank (PNB) for opening a branch in places where people do not have easy access to banks, such as this city.“It may be small but the impact to… Read More
Batangas village leaders, peace-keepers undertake gun safety training
August 30, 2018, 3:58 pm
BATANGAS CITY -- Village chiefs and “tanods” (village peace-keeping and security force) completed on Wednesday their five-day “Gun Safety Comprehensive Law Seminar and Training” at the Gulod Labac Firing Range here, which held in a bid to bring awareness on the legal aspects and… Read More
Imus City holds ‘BasuRaffle’ vs. plastic residual waste
August 30, 2018, 3:53 pm
IMUS CITY, Cavite -- The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) here is set to conduct its monthly raffle at Bayang Luma Tres village on Aug. 31, Friday, in a bid to control, if not to eradicate the city's plastic residual waste. Imus CENRO chief Antonio Bernan dela Cruz said… Read More
Comelec holds off-site registration in Iloilo City
August 30, 2018, 2:56 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The daily satellite registration conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Iloilo City will end September 18. After this date, unserved clients are advised to proceed to the Robinsons Place, where a registration will be held September 19 to 29, 2018. Election Officer II… Read More
Jail Officer, 3 others caught sniffing shabu in Cavite
August 30, 2018, 2:47 pm
TANZA, Cavite -- A jail officer of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) assigned here, his common-law wife, and two others were caught sniffing “shabu” during a police anti-drugs operation on Wednesday evening. Chief Insp. Dhefry Punzalan, Tanza police chief, identified the… Read More
Mild quake jolts parts of Ilocos Norte
August 30, 2018, 2:44 pm
LAOAG CITY -- A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was felt in some parts of the province at 11:17 a.m. Thursday, state seismologists said. With epicenter located at 11 kilometers southwest of Dumalneg in Ilocos Norte, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake was… Read More
Civilian hurt in NPA ambush in Iloilo town
August 30, 2018, 2:44 pm
ILOILO CITY -- An employee of the Century Peak Energy Corporation (CPEC) was wounded when ambushed by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Igcabugao in Igbaras, Iloilo Wednesday afternoon. Colonel Benedict Arevalo, Commander of the 301st Infantry Brigade (301st IB), identified the wounded… Read More
Sarangani gets P93.6-M for river, watershed rehab
August 30, 2018, 2:39 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The national government has approved a PHP93.6 million grant for the rehabilitation and management of a major river and watershed area in Sarangani Province. Rolando Tuballes, chief of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), said Thursday the funding… Read More
NFA assures rice sufficiency in Marawi, Lanao Sur towns
August 30, 2018, 1:33 pm
MARAWI CITY -- The National Food Authority (NFA) here announced that Lanao del Sur and Marawi City are not experiencing shortage of rice, with the average price hovering around P27 to P32 per kilo or about P1,250 to P1,500 per sack.Khayamera Dialem, Administrative Officer of NFA-Lanao del Sur… Read More
General Santos City all set for 2018 tuna fest
August 30, 2018, 1:28 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- It’s all systems go for the city’s famed 2018 Tuna Festival that will formally open on Saturday, Sept. 1, amid heightened security measures.Vice Mayor Shirlyn Banas-Nograles said Wednesday they have finalized the necessary preparations for the “bigger and grander”… Read More
Sultan Kudarat blast death toll climbs to 3
August 30, 2018, 1:05 pm
COTABATO CITY -- The death toll in the improvised bomb explosion that hit Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat province on Tuesday night rose to three as another victim died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in General Santos City. Welmark John Lapidez, 25, a criminology student of Sultan Kudarat… Read More
Maguindanao drug pusher gets life sentence
August 30, 2018, 1:03 pm
COTABATO CITY -- A local court has sentenced a drug peddler to life imprisonment. Kutin Guiamel Manunggal of Barangay Dalican, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, was found guilty of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and was meted a life sentence. The decision was handed down… Read More
Pangasinenses avail of gun licensing caravan in San Carlos City
August 30, 2018, 12:25 pm
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan—A total of 136 gun owners have renewed or applied for their License to Own and Possess Firearms (LTOPF) during the caravan, led by the Regional Civil Security Unit (RCSU) of Police Regional Office 1 (Ilocos), at the Arenas-Resuello Gym here on Wednesday. “It is like… Read More
'Habagat' leaves P500-M infra, agri damages in Ilocos Norte
August 30, 2018, 12:21 pm
LAOAG CITY – The continuing field validation in the 21 towns and two cities of the province has listed almost PHP500 million in damages to infrastructure and agriculture due to the ill-effects of the southwest monsoon. The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council reported Thursday that… Read More
P1-M ‘shabu’ seized in Batangas
August 30, 2018, 11:49 am
CAMP GEN. MALVAR, Batangas City – Anti-illegal drug operatives of the Batangas Provincial Intelligence Branch-Drug Enforcement Unit (PIB-DEU) nabbed a woman in possession of 150 grams suspected “shabu” worth about PHP1.03 million early Thursday morning here. Batangas provincial police… Read More
RDC puts off request to study new airport in Northern Samar
August 30, 2018, 11:42 am
TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) has deferred the approval of a request to conduct a feasibility study for a new airport in the coastal town of Gamay, Northern Samar. Members of the RDC infrastructure and utilities development committee (IUDC) agreed during… Read More
Oriental Mindoro road projects benefit residents, Mangyan tribes
August 30, 2018, 10:07 am
CAMP GEN. MATEO CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal — Troops of the Army’s 203rd Infantry Brigade and 514 Engineering Combat Battalion (ECB) have completed the ground works for the nine-kilometer road project in the remote barangays of Formon-Tawas in Bansud town to Barangay Malo, Bongabong in Oriental… Read More
8th National Language monument rises in Batangas
August 30, 2018, 10:00 am
BATANGAS CITY – A 10-foot tall bamboo-inspired tubular monument is now open to the public, particularly history and language enthusiasts, at the Laurel Heritage Park at the provincial capitol compound in this city. The Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), or Commission on Filipino Language, in… Read More
Ilocos Norte town execs seek re-channeling of river
August 30, 2018, 9:56 am
LAOAG CITY -- Local officials and residents of Vintar, Ilocos Norte want the re-channeling of Bislak River to spare dikes and rice fields from further damages when it swells. During the onslaught of the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Depression Luis, some residents in the low-lying… Read More
Construction worker dies as drainage canal walls collapse
August 29, 2018, 10:46 pm
MAPANDAN, Pangasinan — A 45-year-old construction worker died after he was trapped in a drainage canal when its walls collapsed in Barangay Nilombot here on Tuesday. Senior Inspector Bernard Antolin, in an interview on Wednesday, identified the victim as Roberto Peralta, resident of Barangay… Read More
