Provincial
Top NPA commander in Davao falls
May 12, 2018, 10:18 pm
DAVAO CITY – The top commander of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Davao City was finally re-arrested on Saturday while undergoing medical treatment at a hospital in Bukidnon for gunshot wounds sustained during an encounter with government forces. Elizalde Cañete alias Jinggoy, the… Read More
Nograles assures P40-B funds for free higher educ this June
May 12, 2018, 9:40 pm
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – House Appropriations Committee chair and Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles on Friday assured city government officials, 80 barangay leaders and media that access to tertiary education by students in the country’s 114 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) will… Read More
More than 200 kids with special needs join 'Pedya Kamp 2018'
May 12, 2018, 9:19 pm
PAGBILAO, Quezon – More than 200 children with special needs from the Pedya Kamp Association Inc. wrapped up on Saturday their 10-day summer camp organized by the God’s Special Children Inc. at the Pagbilao Central Elementary School here. Pedya Kamp Association Inc. chair Dr. Art Libao thanked… Read More
700 kilos of plastics collected from Ilocos town coast
May 12, 2018, 8:07 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Volunteers and some coastal residents in Currimao, Ilocos Norte collected about 700 kilograms of plastic wastes dumped at the Pangil Rocks Garden after a week of cleanup. Due to the Habagat season, it was believed that the accumulated plastics, mostly composed of plastic bottles and… Read More
P137-M earmarked for south Leyte’s tourism road upgrade
May 12, 2018, 8:01 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has rolled out PHP137 million worth of projects meant to enhance access to tourism destinations in the province. In a press statement issued Friday, the DPWH Southern Leyte field office announced the kick-off of access road… Read More
ARMM launches exhibit of worldwide miniature mosques
May 12, 2018, 6:52 pm
COTABATO CITY – Twenty-four miniature mosques are on display here as the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) officially launched on Friday an exhibit of ‘Mosques Around the World’.The exhibit is a competition event with participation from the region’s different offices and… Read More
Cops arrest Abu Sayyaf 'spotter' in Zamboanga
May 12, 2018, 6:46 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY — An alleged spotter of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), who was also implicated in the killing of 14 marine troops 10 years ago, was arrested in police operations in this city, an official said Saturday.Chief Supt. Billy Beltran, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified… Read More
Politicians, poll bets have no say on 4Ps: DSWD
May 12, 2018, 6:44 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-10 (DSWD-10) reminded the public that election candidates, even incumbent elected officials, cannot enroll or remove beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).In a statement Friday, DSWD-10 Regional Director… Read More
Bomb explodes in North Cotabato village
May 12, 2018, 6:41 pm
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato — A powerful homemade bomb went off Friday in a vacant lot beside the provincial road here, police said.Supt. Gilbert Tuzon, police chief of Midsayap, said nobody was hurt in the 8:15 a.m. explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) fashioned from an 81 mm mortar,… Read More
Abu Sayyaf leader, 4 followers surrender in Sulu
May 12, 2018, 6:38 pm
Military officials headed by Col. Armel Tolato, Philippine Marine Ready Force-Sulu commander (5th from left), join the photo session with the five Abu Sayyaf Group surrenderees at a military camp in the province of Sulu. (Photo courtesy: Philippine Marine Ready Force-Sulu) ZAMBOANGA CITY —… Read More
Bacolod welcomes DOT nod as ‘must-experience’ destination
May 12, 2018, 6:28 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- City officials here welcomed the recommendation of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Western Visayas to visit Bacolod as a “must-experience” destination. The DOT-6 suggested eight tourist destinations each in the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Negros Occidental,… Read More
Police officer, 2 others nabbed in Pampanga drug buy-bust
May 12, 2018, 6:25 pm
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga -- A police officer and two of his cohorts were apprehended in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Dau, Mabalacat City, this province on Friday. Senior Supt. Nicolas Salvador, Pampanga Police acting provincial director, identified the arrested suspect as PO1 Kevin Pierre… Read More
Cebu Province needs to clear 28 more barangays of drugs
May 12, 2018, 6:23 pm
CEBU CITY -- Cebu Province still needs 28 barangays to be declared drug-free in order to win the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Award this year. Based on the requirements in the peace and order criteria, a provincial government unit must… Read More
Barangay poll winners may become regular gov’t employees: Nograles
May 12, 2018, 6:21 pm
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna — Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles, chairman of the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Appropriations said Friday that whoever wins in the barangay elections on May 14 may benefit from the Magna Carta for Barangay Workers once it becomes a law. Nograles… Read More
The dauntless 'Super Moms' of Bontoc, Mountain Province
May 12, 2018, 6:16 pm
BAGUIO CITY -- They are called the "Super Moms" of Bontoc, the capital town of Mountain Province in upland Cordillera region of northern Philippines. SUPER MOMS. Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Marie Rafael-Banaag (front, 6th from left) joins a picture-taking… Read More
Zamboanga solon warns against vote-buying
May 12, 2018, 4:46 pm
Zamboanga City 1st District Rep. Celso Lobregat warns voters against vote-buying by some candidates in the barangay and SK polls. (Photo courtesy of 1st district Congressional Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY — First District Rep. Celso Lobregat on Friday reminded the electorate not to be persuaded by… Read More
Unlicensed guns seized from homes of Ilocos Norte top execs
May 12, 2018, 4:43 pm
LAOAG CITY -- Police recovered several unlicensed firearms and ammunition from the homes of the incumbent mayor, vice mayor, and a former mayor in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte in a raid on Saturday morning. Senior Supt. Cesar Pasiwen, newly-assigned Officer-in-Charge of the Ilocos Norte Police,… Read More
'Oplan Kalinaw' nets 24 wanted persons in Davao
May 12, 2018, 4:42 pm
DAVAO CITY--Twenty-four persons with standing warrants of arrest were arrested by authorities during the Oplan Kalinaw, or Joint Area Security Community Service and Protection Operation, conducted in different areas here on Friday.Senior Insp. Maria Teresita Gaspan, the spokesperson of Davao City… Read More
Southern Leyte guv 'relieved' over rape case dismissal
May 12, 2018, 4:31 pm
TACLOBAN CITY -- The camp of Southern Leyte Governor Christopherson Yap has expressed relief after the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Maasin City dismissed the rape and attempted rape cases filed against him. The governor’s executive secretary Irvin Cabales said on Friday the governor heard… Read More
79 unlicensed guns surrendered to Cagayan Valley cops
May 12, 2018, 2:08 pm
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City -- A total of 79 assorted firearms were voluntarily surrendered and deposited by gun owners to different police stations in Santiago City and in the provinces of Quirino and Isabela for safekeeping, police said. The guns were presented to the media during… Read More
