Provincial

Prices of school supplies in Pangasinan up by 30%

Prices of school supplies in Pangasinan up by 30%

May 17, 2018, 7:27 pm

DAGUPAN CITY -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pangasinan has confirmed that prices of most school supplies in the province have increased by 30 percent based on suggested retail price (SRP) released this May. In an interview Thursday, DTI Provincial Director Engr. Peter Mangabat… Read More

PPP Knowledge Corner opens in Bicol

PPP Knowledge Corner opens in Bicol

May 17, 2018, 7:22 pm

LEGAZPI CITY -- The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) regional office in Bicol and the Public-Private Partnership Center (PPPC) of the Philippines launched the PPP Knowledge Corner at NEDA Regional Office here Thursday morning. The Bicol PPP knowledge corner, PPP's 11th… Read More

 Leveling of mountain in Boracay ordered to stop

Leveling of mountain in Boracay ordered to stop

May 17, 2018, 7:20 pm

ILOILO CITY - - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already ordered  a halt in the ongoing works in the reported flattening of a mountain in Barangay Yapak in Boracay island, Malay, Aklan. “We issued stoppage order because of the reported leveling of mountain and in… Read More

2.4 –magnitude quake shakes Zamboanga City

2.4 –magnitude quake shakes Zamboanga City

May 17, 2018, 6:06 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY--A 2.4-magnitude earthquake shook this city on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Allan Rommel Labayog, Phivolcs-Zamboanga science research analyst, said the tectonic quake struck at 10:52 a.m., and was felt at Intensity 2 in… Read More

Davao Norte women's handicraft a 'hit' in Manila

Davao Norte women's handicraft a 'hit' in Manila

May 17, 2018, 5:40 pm

DAVAO CITY--Handicraft items produced by a women's group in Davao del Norte town of Carmen have impressed domestic and foreign buyers during an international exhibition last month, an official said Wednesday.Carrying the brand name "Wow Carmen", the group of 28 mothers use water hyacinth that grow… Read More

Antique to have P10-M tourism office soon

Antique to have P10-M tourism office soon

May 17, 2018, 5:32 pm

SAN JOSE De BUENAVISTA, Antique -- A PHP10-million two-storey tourism office will soon rise beside the New Capitol Building here to be funded by a donation from the Buhay party-list group. The building’s ground floor will serve as showroom of products of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs… Read More

Improvised bomb shuts down Maguindanao highway

Improvised bomb shuts down Maguindanao highway

May 17, 2018, 5:13 pm

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao--Traffic along the highway in Maguindanao was shut down for more than an hour Thursday morning after soldiers and militiamen found an improvised explosive device (IED) by the roadside.The IED, fashioned from combined 60mm mortar and 40 mm rifle grenade with mobile phone… Read More

Eastern Visayas police lauded for peaceful polls

Eastern Visayas police lauded for peaceful polls

May 17, 2018, 5:11 pm

PALO, Leyte -- The Police Regional Office 8 (Eastern Visayas) here has lauded its men for ensuring a peaceful and orderly conduct of village and youth council elections in the region. PRO-8 recalled its 990-member augmentation force on Thursday after securing the local elections in the region’s… Read More

Army’s 6ID gets citation for anti-terrorism campaign

Army’s 6ID gets citation for anti-terrorism campaign

May 17, 2018, 5:10 pm

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao--The Philippine Army has cited the 6th Infantry Division (ID) for its "effective" campaign against violent extremism in its area of jurisdiction, Army Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega said here Thursday.Dela Vega, commander of the 6ID which covers the whole of Maguindanao, Sultan… Read More

PDEA-7 to file cases vs. barangay officials with drug links

PDEA-7 to file cases vs. barangay officials with drug links

May 17, 2018, 4:55 pm

CEBU CITY -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) will definitely be filing charges against the more than 20 barangay officials allegedly involved in illegal drugs in the region. Regional Drug Enforcement Director Emerson Margate said in a press conference on Thursday… Read More

Comelec distributes cash cards of Bacolod poll workers

Comelec distributes cash cards of Bacolod poll workers

May 17, 2018, 4:08 pm

BACOLOD CITY -- Workers who served during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections here on May 14 began receiving their cash cards on Wednesday. Commission on Election (Comelec) records showed 2,820 teachers had served as chairpersons and members of Electoral Boards. City Election… Read More

Ilocos Norte 4Ps beneficiaries acquire new livelihood skills

Ilocos Norte 4Ps beneficiaries acquire new livelihood skills

May 17, 2018, 4:02 pm

BATAC CITY-- More than 310 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Ilocos Norte are currently undergoing various livelihood trainings courtesy of the state-run Mariano Marcos State University here. Since April, there were 105 being trained on how to repair small vehicle… Read More

DA assists seaweed producers in Guimaras

DA assists seaweed producers in Guimaras

May 17, 2018, 3:57 pm

ILOILO CITY -- More seaweed growers in Guimaras are benefitting from the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) implemented by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the province. Guimaras agriculturist Ronnie Morante, in an interview on Thursday, said that three additional projects are… Read More

DTI campaigns for ‘Balik Eskwela Diskwento’

DTI campaigns for ‘Balik Eskwela Diskwento’

May 17, 2018, 12:08 pm

SAN JOSE De BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) office in Antique is urging enterprise owners here to join the province-wide “Balik Eskwela Diskwento” from May 30 to June 3. DTI-Antique information officer, Lynna Joy Cardinal, said on Wednesday that they met… Read More

Baguio seeks PRRD mediation in buying idle GSIS property

Baguio seeks PRRD mediation in buying idle GSIS property

May 17, 2018, 7:35 am

BAGUIO CITY -- The city government is asking President Rodrigo R. Duterte's help in negotiating with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to buy the state firm's idle property in Barangay Marcoville on Upper Session Road here. The city government intends to use the property as a public… Read More

DENR stops quarry operations in Bolo River in Ilocos Norte

DENR stops quarry operations in Bolo River in Ilocos Norte

May 16, 2018, 11:08 pm

LAOAG CITY -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday stopped all quarry operators from extracting sand and gravel at the Bolo river in Ilocos Norte. In a May 13 cease and desist order issued by Regional Director Carlos Tayag, Officer-in-Charge of the Mines and Geosciences… Read More

Andanar sends off 21 journalists, info officers to China

Andanar sends off 21 journalists, info officers to China

May 16, 2018, 10:30 pm

MANILA--Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday sent off a 21-member delegation of journalists and information officers for a two-week training to Beijing, China.Andanar expressed hope the participants gain insight and skills on managing different media platforms - online,… Read More

Piñol’s help sought on transfer of Baguio waste facility in Benguet

Piñol’s help sought on transfer of Baguio waste facility in Benguet

May 16, 2018, 9:45 pm

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet --The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Benguet has decided to ask Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to have Baguio City's temporary waste transfer station removed from its present site in the Baguio Dairy Farm near Tuba town. Since early this year, Baguio City has been… Read More

Another SSS branch to open in Pangasinan

Another SSS branch to open in Pangasinan

May 16, 2018, 9:10 pm

SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan -- The  Social Security System (SSS) is set to open its eighth branch in the province this year to make its services accessible to more members. SSS senior communications analyst Maureen Inocencio, in an interview on Wednesday, said the new office,  with an area of… Read More

Over 1,300 SK winners to undergo training

Over 1,300 SK winners to undergo training

May 16, 2018, 8:37 pm

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The newly-elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) (youth council) officials from the 1, 364 barangays in the province should undergo the mandatory training before they can assume public office, said the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). In an interview, DILG… Read More