Provincial

1K displaced workers in Boracay start emergency employment

1K displaced workers in Boracay start emergency employment

April 27, 2018, 10:09 pm

BORACAY ISLAND -- A total of 1,000 displaced informal sector workers from Barangay Balabag started their 30-day emergency employment on the second day of closure of the island. The employment is through the integrated livelihood emergency program, also known as the “Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa… Read More

Masbate town tries to save prehistoric Bat-ongan cave

Masbate town tries to save prehistoric Bat-ongan cave

April 27, 2018, 9:44 pm

MANDAON, Masbate -- The local government unit (LGU) of Mandaon town in Masbate is trying to save the pre-historic Bat-ongan cave currently on the brink of demise here. Mayor Kristine Salve Hao-Kho of Mandaon in an interview Thursday said Bat-ongan Cave, a limestone monolith some 1.5 kilometers… Read More

Angara to Pangasinenses: Take advantage of free college law

Angara to Pangasinenses: Take advantage of free college law

April 27, 2018, 9:39 pm

DAGUPAN CITY -- Senator Sonny Angara has urged students and out-of-school youth in the province to take advantage of the government’s free college education program this academic school year. Angara, who joined this city’s Festivals of the North on Friday, said in a press conference there is… Read More

20K jobs up for grabs in Ilocos on Labor Day

20K jobs up for grabs in Ilocos on Labor Day

April 27, 2018, 9:35 pm

 SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- A total of 20,500 local and overseas job vacancies will be offered to jobseekers on May 1 as part of the Labor Day celebration. In a statement issued Friday, the Department of Labor and Employment 1 (Ilocos) invited 69 local and 17 overseas employers to make… Read More

SC dismisses admin case against ex-Pangasinan execs

SC dismisses admin case against ex-Pangasinan execs

April 27, 2018, 9:33 pm

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan— The Supreme Court (SC) Second Division has dismissed the administrative case filed against former Pangasinan administrator Rafael Baraan and Engr. Alvin Bigay of Pangasinan Urban Housing Development Council. Baraan and Bigay have received the SC’s Entry of Judgment dated… Read More

Mining industry in Cordillera falls deeper

Mining industry in Cordillera falls deeper

April 27, 2018, 9:26 pm

BAGUIO CITY -- The mining industry in the Cordillera region has continued to go deeper into losses, authorities reported on Thursday. Presenting the 2017 Economic Performance of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in the upland region said the… Read More

Central Luzon’s economy grows 9.3%

Central Luzon’s economy grows 9.3%

April 27, 2018, 8:21 pm

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- Central Luzon’s economy grew 9.3 percent in 2017, slightly lower than the 9.5 percent in 2016, the National Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) office in the region reported Thursday. Lianelle Tandoc, NEDA 3 (Central Luzon) officer-in-charge and chief… Read More

19 hired on-the-spot in job fair for displaced workers

19 hired on-the-spot in job fair for displaced workers

April 27, 2018, 8:13 pm

BORACAY ISLAND -- Nineteen jobseekers were hired on-the-spot during a one-day special job fair for workers who were displaced from Boracay island, held in Kalibo, Aklan on Thursday. This was reported by Salome Siaton, Assistant Regional Director of the Department of Labor and Employment 6 (Western… Read More

DA-ATI to launch ‘school on air’ program in June

DA-ATI to launch ‘school on air’ program in June

April 27, 2018, 7:27 pm

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – The Agricultural Training Institute(ATI), the Department of Agriculture’s lead provider in e-extension services, will launch its school-on-air (SOA) program, themed “Unlad Saka: Isang Radyo Eskwela sa Bondoc Peninsula” in Catanauan, Quezon on June 19. As one… Read More

Bulacan execs expect economic dev’t with the approval of int'l airport

Bulacan execs expect economic dev’t with the approval of int'l airport

April 27, 2018, 7:22 pm

GUIGUINTO, Bulacan -- Bulacan officials are looking forward to major economic developments with the approval of the unsolicited proposal for the construction of an international airport in Bulakan town by San Miguel Corporation (SMC). Governor Wilhelmino Sy Alvarado confirmed the approval for the… Read More

Bataan town holds Harvest festival

Bataan town holds Harvest festival

April 27, 2018, 7:19 pm

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan -- The SM Foundation and the local government unit (LGU) here, in coordination with more than 200 farmers, held a harvest festival under the “Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran” program on Thursday. Featured in the festival held in Payangan, a village where some Aeta natives reside,… Read More

Poll bets warned: Don't take advantage of elderly dole-out

Poll bets warned: Don't take advantage of elderly dole-out

April 27, 2018, 6:58 pm

CEBU CITY -- Mayor Tomas Osmeña has warned Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) supporters running in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections not to take advantage of the distribution of financial assistance to senior citizens to be held on Saturday. The mayor issued the warning during… Read More

Ms. PH Earth 2018 bets support Boracay closure

Ms. PH Earth 2018 bets support Boracay closure

April 27, 2018, 6:29 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- A number of Ms. Philippines Earth 2018 candidates favor closing down Boracay island to visitors so the popular tourist destination could be rehabilitated.Zahra Bianca Saldua, Ms. Philippines Earth 2018 candidate representing Las Piñas City, maintained that the environment… Read More

Smartphones ‘Newseum’ to open in Davao

Smartphones ‘Newseum’ to open in Davao

April 27, 2018, 6:26 pm

DAVAO CITY – The Nokia phone main distributor in the country will be opening a Newseum in Davao next week as a showroom of its line of phones.HMD Global Philippines, the home of Nokia phones, is also expanding its presence in Mindanao, banking on the strong market in the island.Country manager… Read More

4 SK candidates in GenSan disqualified over age requirement

4 SK candidates in GenSan disqualified over age requirement

April 27, 2018, 6:25 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here directed four aspirants for Sanguniang Kabataan (SK) positions to withdraw their candidacies after exceeding the mandatory age requirement.Bai Sagira Iskak, election assistant of the city Comelec office, said Friday the four… Read More

Thousands leave Boracay on first day of closure

Thousands leave Boracay on first day of closure

April 27, 2018, 6:14 pm

BORACAY ISLAND -- About 5,000 people left this island during its first day of closure on Thursday, said Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Caticlan Station Commander Lt. Ramil Palabrica on Friday. Due to the unexpected big number of passengers leaving the island, it took some time for the buses… Read More

Tacloban Customs office exceeds Q1 target earnings

Tacloban Customs office exceeds Q1 target earnings

April 27, 2018, 6:04 pm

TACLOBAN CITY -- The Bureau of Customs (BoC) district office here surpassed their collection goals for the first quarter of 2018, raising optimism about exceeding its annual target within the first half of the year. BoC-Eastern Visayas acting district collector Jose Naig said in an interview… Read More

CDO bags 2nd 'Seal of Good Education Governance'

CDO bags 2nd 'Seal of Good Education Governance'

April 27, 2018, 5:54 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The local government’s aggressive educational support program has resulted to Cagayan de Oro’s winning its second Seal of Good Education Governance (SGEG).This was according to Mayor Oscar Moreno, who recently accepted the SGEG award given by the United States Agency of… Read More

Reelectionist barangay chair gunned down in Sarangani

Reelectionist barangay chair gunned down in Sarangani

April 27, 2018, 5:52 pm

GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Police are eyeing several angles, including politics, behind the killing on Thursday night of a reelectionist barangay chair in Kiamba town in Sarangani Province.Police Officer 2 Jeramil Gloria, an investigator of the Kiamba municipal police station, identified the victim as… Read More

Another North Cotabato town yields 119 loose firearms

Another North Cotabato town yields 119 loose firearms

April 27, 2018, 5:51 pm

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato--Another North Cotabato town has initiated the surrender of 119 loose firearms to the military in support of the government’s disarmament campaign in Mindanao.On Thursday, this town became the third local government unit in Region 12 to turnover unlicensed firearms to… Read More