Provincial

Coast Guard sets up new sub-station in Pagudpud

Coast Guard sets up new sub-station in Pagudpud

May 23, 2018, 5:23 pm

LAOAG CITY -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has established another sub-station in Balaoi village in Pagudpud town to speed up the delivery of maritime law enforcement and security services, particularly in search and rescue operations. In Ilocos Norte, the main station of the PCG is located… Read More

100K tourists expected in 2018 Sarangani Bay fest

100K tourists expected in 2018 Sarangani Bay fest

May 23, 2018, 5:23 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--More than 100,000 tourists are expected to converge anew in the white sand beaches of Glan town in Sarangani province on Thursday for a three-day grand festivity touted as the “biggest beach party in Mindanao.”The Sarangani Bay Festival or SarBay is making a big comeback… Read More

Poll winners, losers have until June 13 to file SOCE

Poll winners, losers have until June 13 to file SOCE

May 23, 2018, 4:38 pm

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) here has reminded all candidates in the May 14 synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections that they have until June 13, 2018 to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) with the Office… Read More

NoCot, Maguindanao execs vow support for new Westmincom chief

NoCot, Maguindanao execs vow support for new Westmincom chief

May 23, 2018, 4:30 pm

KIDAPAWAN CITY--Local officials in North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces have vowed continued support to the military’s peace and development initiatives, even as the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) commander was promoted to head the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom).Lt. Gen. Arnel… Read More

AFP installs new Western Mindanao Command chief

AFP installs new Western Mindanao Command chief

May 23, 2018, 4:29 pm

National Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana hands over the command flag to Lt. Gen. Arnel Dela Vega, who assumes as the new commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) on Wednesday, May 13, as Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., the Armed Forces Cheif-of-Staff and outgoing Westmincom chief looks on.… Read More

20 Vietnamese fishers nabbed off Palawan charged with poaching

20 Vietnamese fishers nabbed off Palawan charged with poaching

May 23, 2018, 4:27 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The 20 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested by the Philippine Navy inside the country's territorial waters in Palawan for alleged illegal entry and poaching of 175 assorted species of sharks and manta rays were brought to the Provincial Prosecutor's Office (PPO)… Read More

DOH allots P112.5-M for hospital projects in Sarangani

DOH allots P112.5-M for hospital projects in Sarangani

May 23, 2018, 3:10 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--The Department of Health (DOH) has allocated some P112.5 million for the completion of the Sarangani provincial hospital and the expansion of another medical facility.Board member Jess Bascuña, chair of the provincial board’s committee on health, said Wednesday a total of… Read More

ARMM youth affairs office launches book on Marawi siege

ARMM youth affairs office launches book on Marawi siege

May 23, 2018, 2:45 pm

COTABATO CITY--To commemorate the first anniversary of the Marawi siege, the Office of the Bangsamoro Youth Affairs of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OBYA-ARMM) launched Wednesday morning (May 23) a book entitled ‘Tadman di ripatan’ (Remember, do not forget) at Mindanao State… Read More

Ex-NPA rebel leads gov’t troops to explosives depot

Ex-NPA rebel leads gov’t troops to explosives depot

May 23, 2018, 2:38 pm

KIDAPAWAN CITY--A former communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebel who has earlier surrendered to government forces in North Cotabato led the military to an encampment where war materiels were recovered Tuesday.Jonaden Sicao, 22, of Barangay Manobo, Magpet, North Cotabato, volunteered to lead… Read More

5 soldiers hurt in ComVal town blast

5 soldiers hurt in ComVal town blast

May 23, 2018, 1:36 pm

DAVAO CITY--Five soldiers of the Army's 46th Infantry Battalion were wounded after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on Monday evening in Sitio Patawon, Barangay Cabuyuan, Mabini, Compostela Valley.A platoon of the 46th IB’s Charlie Company was moving towards Km 15, Barangay… Read More

Fire protection bureau to probe Cotabato public market fire

Fire protection bureau to probe Cotabato public market fire

May 23, 2018, 1:35 pm

COTABATO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection 12 (Soccsksargen) is set to start Wednesday a deeper probe into the fire that razed this city's public market shortly before midnight of Monday (May 21).The BFP-12 investigation was prompted by Mayor Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi's request for the… Read More

No misuse, loss of funds in school equipment purchase: Mayor Sara

No misuse, loss of funds in school equipment purchase: Mayor Sara

May 23, 2018, 1:19 pm

DAVAO CITY--Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday brushed aside speculations of funds misuse in the procurement of equipment for public elementary and high schools here.In a press statement issued Tuesday, Mayor Sara said the city government has already complied with the Commission on Audit (COA)… Read More

Palawan’s San Vicente town: Next clean-up drive target

Palawan’s San Vicente town: Next clean-up drive target

May 23, 2018, 1:04 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- After the clampdown on environment law violators in the municipalities of El Nido and Coron, the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblom and Palawan) will next bring its clean-up drive… Read More

DENR eyes forced demolition of non-compliant El Nido businesses

DENR eyes forced demolition of non-compliant El Nido businesses

May 23, 2018, 12:47 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recommended the compulsory demolition of 32 business establishments in El Nido for failing to meet the 30-day deadline. Regional Director Natividad Bernardino of the DENR Mimaropa… Read More

Eriguels appeal to PRRD for speedy justice on slay of ex-solon

Eriguels appeal to PRRD for speedy justice on slay of ex-solon

May 23, 2018, 8:21 am

AGOO, La Union—La Union 2nd District Representative Sandra Eriguel has pleaded to President Rodrigo R. Duterte, on behalf of her family, to direct the Philippine National Police (PNP) to fast track the identification and arrest of the mastermind behind her husband’s murder. Eriguel’s… Read More

Benguet allots P65-M for school building projects

Benguet allots P65-M for school building projects

May 23, 2018, 3:03 am

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The provincial government of Benguet is allotting an additional PHP14.1 million to the PHP50.9 million earlier allotted for various school building projects in the province. Benguet Gov. Crescencio PacalsoIn an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Tuesday,… Read More

 HIV cases rising among homosexual men in Baguio

HIV cases rising among homosexual men in Baguio

May 23, 2018, 2:55 am

BAGUIO CITY -- The city government is initiating a ceremony of lighting candles on Thursday, May 24, to make residents become aware of what it describes as continuous increase in cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) here. This, as the city discovered 10 more people infected with HIV in the… Read More

5 Ilocos Norte public schools to get computers

5 Ilocos Norte public schools to get computers

May 22, 2018, 10:19 pm

LAOAG CITY -- Students from at least five selected public schools in Ilocos Norte are the latest recipients of computers courtesy of Alorica Teleservices Inc., a business processing outsourcing (BPO) company in the province. Formerly known as Expert Global Solutions, Alorica keeps on growing its… Read More

  Elected SK officials back bill extending eligibility

Elected SK officials back bill extending eligibility

May 22, 2018, 10:17 pm

LEGAZPI CITY -- Newly-elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) councilors here on Tuesday lauded the bill filed by Albay Second District Representative Joey Salceda seeking to extend the professional eligibility to enter government office, or career service, to them, just like their counterparts in the… Read More

PDEA seizes P6.5-M worth of shabu in Cavite

PDEA seizes P6.5-M worth of shabu in Cavite

May 22, 2018, 10:14 pm

CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Calabarzon (PDEA 4A) presented here Tuesday a suspected big-time drug pusher arrested during a drug buy-bust in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on Monday. Mohammad Ontil, 18, who hails from Mindanao, yielded… Read More