Provincial
DTI intensifies price monitoring on food, school supplies
May 30, 2018, 8:00 am
CARMONA, Cavite – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez on Tuesday said the department has intensified its monitoring of hundreds of gasoline stations and commercial establishments amid the hiked prices in fuel, which could take a toll on prices of basic commodities and… Read More
SK Federation election completed in Iloilo towns, city
May 29, 2018, 11:21 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The conduct of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) federation elections in Iloilo’s 42 municipalities and one component city was completed on Tuesday, said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here. “It was peaceful and went smoothly,” Teodora Sumagaysay,… Read More
Half-Austrian voted Cebu SK Federation president
May 29, 2018, 11:18 pm
CEBU CITY-- Twenty-one-year-old Jessica Resch of Barangay San Nicolas Proper was elected Tuesday as president of Cebu City’s Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation. In closed-door election proceedings held at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel here, Resch won with 44 votes against Barangay Tisa… Read More
Philex Mining donates water analysis machine to Tuba town
May 29, 2018, 10:28 pm
TUBA, Benguet -- Philex Mining Corp. on Tuesday donated a water analysis equipment worth half a million pesos to Tuba, Benguet to safeguard the health of the residents of this upland town. In a simple turnover ceremony at the town’s legislative hall, Tuba Mayor Ignacio Rivera and municipal… Read More
Lopez urges Calabarzon MSMEs to 'go beyond traditional packaging'
May 29, 2018, 10:26 pm
CARMONA, Cavite – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez on Tuesday urged some 300 micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) from the Calabarzon Region to go beyond traditional view of packaging as container and method of product protection are essential components… Read More
Dumaguete SK federation chair elected
May 29, 2018, 10:04 pm
DUMAGUETE -- Dumaguete City has elected new Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) federation chairman. Barangay Batinguel SK chairman Lei Marie Daniella Montesa Tolentino was declared Monday winner in an orderly election supervised by the Department of Interior and Local Government, the Commission on… Read More
Pangasinan town takes shot at another Guinness record
May 29, 2018, 9:17 pm
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan -- The Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church is building a 51-meter high monument of its namesake patron saint in barangay Bical Norte here which will possibly be the world’s next tallest icon. Rafael Saygo, municipal senior tourism operations officer, in an interview on… Read More
Salceda sets aside P1.8-B to modernize Bicol hospital
May 29, 2018, 9:14 pm
LEGAZPI CITY -- Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda has allocated PHP1.8 billion for the modernization of the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH) in the next three years. “We’re envisioning the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital to be the PGH (Philippine General… Read More
Onion farmers in Bayambang to get fertilizer, cash grant
May 29, 2018, 9:09 pm
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan -- Some 963 onion farmers in this town, whose farms have been devastated by armyworms, will receive two bags of fertilizer per hectare from the provincial government of Pangasinan and a certain amount of cash grant from the municipal government. Municipal Agriculturist… Read More
Pangasinan town plastic ban starts July 1
May 29, 2018, 9:06 pm
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan -- The municipal government of this town will start banning the use of plastic cellophane, sando bags and styrofoam this July. Raymundo Bautista Jr., chief of staff and legal officer of the municipality, in an interview on Tuesday, said they have already given an ample… Read More
GenTri exec bags CSC best technical paper award
May 29, 2018, 8:53 pm
GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Region IV-A awards its 2018 best Human Resources Management Practitioner (HRMP) to this city’s Human Resource Management Department head for his paper on the adoption of Strategic Human Resource in the Business Permit and… Read More
Youtube sensation elevator girl shares experiences with mall employees
May 29, 2018, 8:48 pm
LUCENA CITY, Quezon - The security personnel as frontliners and the management staff of SM Lucena were charmed by Cheridel Alejandrino, the YouTube "Elevator Girl" sensation who gave her inspirational talk Tuesday to boost the moral of mall employees. Cheridel is the singing elevator girl from SM… Read More
Gunmen kill Army intel officer in Basilan ambush
May 29, 2018, 8:21 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY- Police and military authorities are investigating the killing of an Army intelligence personnel in an ambush in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan province on Monday.Basilan Police Director Senior Supt. Rufino Inot said Tuesday he has ordered the case investigator to work closely with the military… Read More
2 wounded cops in NegOcc get P100K aid
May 29, 2018, 7:18 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- The two policemen in Negros Occidental wounded during a firearms search operation in Cauayan town last May 17 received financial assistance of PHP50,000 each. The Negros Occidental police said the cash aid was given to Police Officer 3 Reynaldo Bauden Jr. and Police Officer 2… Read More
NegOcc labor leader says uniform wage rate to address disparity issue
May 29, 2018, 7:12 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- A uniform national wage rate would be favorable to the regions since it will address the issue on the disparity in the minimum daily pay, said a labor leader in Negros Occidental on Tuesday. Wennie Sancho, labor sector representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and… Read More
DA trains educators on organic agriculture
May 29, 2018, 7:09 pm
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region IV-A has trained agricultural teachers, education program supervisors, department heads and principals from Department of Education’s (DepEd) school divisions of Quezon province on organic agriculture (OA) theories,… Read More
Preps for creation of tourism authority in northern Iloilo up
May 29, 2018, 7:00 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Iloilo’s provincial government will meet with the Department of Tourism 6 (Western Visayas) next month to tackle preparations for the creation of a tourism authority in northern Iloilo. In a media interview Monday, Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said they have scheduled a… Read More
Napolcom exec discovers 2 ‘abandoned’ police stations in Iloilo
May 29, 2018, 6:57 pm
ILOILO CITY -- Two municipal police stations in Iloilo province were found to be left unmanned during a surprise inspection of the National Police Commission 6 (Napolcom-6 or in Western Visayas). Lawyer Joseph Celis, Regional Director of Napolcom-6, said the unmanned police stations are in the… Read More
DILG Cavite gears up for SK federation elections
May 29, 2018, 6:53 pm
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite - Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Cavite is gearing up for the Panlalawigan Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation Orientation and Elections slated on June 12 and 13. Cavite's 23 elected City and Municipal SK Federation Presidents (that are all out… Read More
Baguio to share planned modern waste station with neighboring towns
May 29, 2018, 6:42 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City government will let its neighboring towns in Benguet use its planned engineered sanitary landfill (ESL) in Itogon, Benguet once it is completed. In a statement on Monday, Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan said the municipalities of La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and… Read More
