Provincial
Over 3k Tacloban kids to attend classes in makeshift rooms
May 29, 2018, 9:18 am
TACLOBAN CITY -- Over 3,500 children will attend classes in makeshift classrooms starting next week as the central government will have to build more permanent classrooms within relocation sites meant for families badly hit by super typhoon Yolanda in 2013. DepEd Tacloban City Division… Read More
Calbayog to welcome 55,000 school children
May 29, 2018, 8:40 am
CALBAYOG CITY, Samar -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in this city is set to welcome at least 55,000 school children as it opens the new school year on June 4. The number of students is higher compared to last year’s 49,582 enrolled school children. “The schools are now in preparation… Read More
Laguna cops stage Maytime festival
May 28, 2018, 10:04 pm
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – What better way to celebrate the Maytime Santacruzan festival than in this town which was named after the age-old tradition of the search for the Holy Cross. For the first time, however, it was staged mostly by police officers and non-uniformed personnel of Laguna police… Read More
Zamboanga exec vows justice for siege victims
May 28, 2018, 9:57 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Monday said the local government will continue to fight for justice for the victims of the 2013 Zamboanga siege.Salazar’s statement came after the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 158 recently ordered the release of 96 members of the Moro… Read More
P14.9-M worth of marijuana destroyed in Kalinga
May 28, 2018, 9:06 pm
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet- Some Php 14.9 million worth of fully grown marijuana plants were destroyed in a three-day (May 25 to 27) anti-illegal drug operations in Tinglayan, Kalinga. The massive operation was conducted by combined police operatives of Police Regional Office Cordillera (PROCOR) and… Read More
DepEd Ilocos Norte reiterates ‘no collection policy’
May 28, 2018, 8:34 pm
LAOAG CITY—The Department of Education (DepEd) in Ilocos Norte has reiterated its call to all public schools in the province to refrain from collecting money contributions from parents on the onset of school year. In an interview on Monday, Ilocos Norte Schools Division Superintendent Vilma Eda… Read More
‘Malasakit Center’ soon in Western Visayas
May 28, 2018, 8:31 pm
Special Assistant to the President Bong Go does a high-five with Melissa Castroverde, a recipient of government support for her operation on frontonasal encephalocele from Brgy. Dalid, Calinog, Iloilo.ILOILO CITY -- The government’s “Malasakit Center” will soon be expanded to Western… Read More
Quezon dad pushes formation of development clusters
May 28, 2018, 8:29 pm
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna-- Quezon Governor David Suarez has pushed for the formation of development clusters that will work to maximize potential areas of developments in the province. In a message received Monday, the Provincial Information Office (PIO) disclosed that Suarez, during the 2nd… Read More
Davao City eyes P8.6-B budget for 2019
May 28, 2018, 7:50 pm
DAVAOC CITY--The city's total budget next year is projected at PHP8.6 billion, 7 percent higher than this year’s, a City Council member said.Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairperson of the finance, appropriations, ways and means committee, said the budget will ensure the delivery of basic… Read More
Bacolod City rakes in P4.1-B Q1 tourism receipts
May 28, 2018, 7:43 pm
The Department of Tourism in Western Visayas has recommended the Bacolod City Government Center as the top “must-experience” destination in the City of Smiles. (Photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver)BACOLOD CITY -- Bacolod City raked in PHP4.105 billion in tourism earnings in the first quarter of… Read More
Imus City marks National Flag Day
May 28, 2018, 7:25 pm
IMUS CITY, Cavite -- Provincial and city officials, including members of the Philippine Veterans Association, Free Masons of the Philippines, health workers, students, teachers, local folks and the general public attended this year's National Flag Day celebration at this city’s ‘Dambana ng… Read More
PRC to conduct mobile outreach services in Alaminos City
May 28, 2018, 6:43 pm
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan -- The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Baguio Regional Office will hold another mobile outreach services in partnership with the city government here on June 2. Bernadette Bembo from the Office of the City Vice Mayor, during the flag raising ceremony here Monday,… Read More
Pangasinense cycling champ urges youth to engage in sports
May 28, 2018, 6:41 pm
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan -- The latest Le Tour de Filipinas overall champion El Joshua Cariño has encouraged the young people to engage in any kind of sports. Cariño, in a phone interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) Monday, admitted that cycling has impacted his life positively “hence… Read More
1 killed, 3 injured in NoCot drive-by shooting
May 28, 2018, 6:07 pm
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao--One person was killed while three village officials were critically injured in a drive-by shooting early Monday in the town of Pikit, North Cotabato, the police said.Supt. Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato Police Provincial Office spokesperson, said Ranulfo Bautista… Read More
Sarangani Bay fest still Mindanao’s top beach event
May 28, 2018, 6:01 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--The famed Sarangani Bay (SarBay) Festival retained its standing as among the biggest festivities of its kind in Mindanao after surpassing anew the 100,000-mark for visitors in its 2018 edition.Thousands of domestic and foreign tourists crowded various events and activities at… Read More
Fil-Am educators fete Maguindanao guv with community service award
May 28, 2018, 5:15 pm
Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu (right) poses in posterity with other awardees of the Maryland-based Filipino-American community. (Photo courtesty: Maguindanao governor's office) COTABATO CITY--Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu has received the leadership and community… Read More
NFA says cheap rice back in Sarangani, GenSan markets next week
May 28, 2018, 5:13 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--The National Food Authority (NFA) is set to resume by next week the distribution of cheaper rice supplies in various markets here and nearby Sarangani Province.Dionisio Hectin Jr., NFA Sarangani-General Santos provincial manager, said Monday they expect the delivery of the… Read More
2 Koronadal City blast suspects nabbed
May 28, 2018, 5:12 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Police operatives arrested over the weekend two of the four alleged suspects in the bomb explosion beside a Catholic church in Koronadal City last April 29 that left two persons injured.Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, Region 12 police director, said suspects Sukarno Paidumama… Read More
SAP Go visits soldier killed in clash in NPA
May 28, 2018, 4:59 pm
ILOILO CITY – After visiting the wake of slain overseas Filipino worker, Angelo Claveria, Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go on Sunday went to see the family of PFC Vicente A. Marcon, in Cabatuan, this city. Marcon was one of the soldiers who died in an encounter… Read More
Islamic preacher: Alms for Muslims from unlawful source forbidden
May 28, 2018, 4:49 pm
COTABATO CITY--A Muslim cleric on Sunday reminded all Muslims that charity from unlawful sources is “haram” (forbidden).Alms-giving is one of the acts Muslims may perform during the month-long fasting, according to Islamic Cleric Abuhuraira Abdulrahman Udasan, the grand mufti of Central… Read More
