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Calamba City @ 17 cityhood banners economic milestones

Calamba City @ 17 cityhood banners economic milestones

April 23, 2018, 9:34 pm

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Calamba City celebrated its 17th cityhood anniversary with strides of accomplishments and economic milestones as the 9th high-income city in the country in 2015, with PHP 5.63 billion net worth and the 13th on the list of the Most Competitive Cities in the Philippines by… Read More

Laguna town’s village, SK polls draw 433 aspirants

Laguna town’s village, SK polls draw 433 aspirants

April 23, 2018, 9:28 pm

ALAMINOS, Laguna -The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here announced Monday that a total of 433 aspirants have filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) for various positions in the upcoming synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on May 14. Local Commission on Elections… Read More

4Ps beneficiaries in Mimaropa to receive grants by May

4Ps beneficiaries in Mimaropa to receive grants by May

April 23, 2018, 9:25 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Mimaropa is set to pay the cash grants for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, whose mode of payment is through partner conduits in May 2018. This includes cash grants under Period… Read More

NCIP asks MGB to cancel mine firm’s MPSA for IPRA law violation

NCIP asks MGB to cancel mine firm’s MPSA for IPRA law violation

April 23, 2018, 9:22 pm

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet- The National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) Cordillera has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Cordillera, to cancel the approved Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) of Macawiwili… Read More

Rizal farmers receive land titles, farm machineries

Rizal farmers receive land titles, farm machineries

April 23, 2018, 9:20 pm

TANAY, Rizal – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has distributed land titles and support services to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the province of Rizal. Twenty-one ARBs received their respective certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) in a distribution ceremony held in… Read More

Dagupan City opens ‘night tricycle franchises’

Dagupan City opens ‘night tricycle franchises’

April 23, 2018, 9:17 pm

DAGUPAN CITY—The city government here has opened 750 more tricycle franchises, 450 of which will be issued for night tricycle operators. Councilor Alvin Coquia, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Monday, said the new franchises will be divided into regular and night… Read More

P5-M worth of cocaine fished out off Calaguas Island in Cam. Norte

P5-M worth of cocaine fished out off Calaguas Island in Cam. Norte

April 23, 2018, 8:33 pm

LEGAZPI CITY---A fisherman fished out at least a kilo of high grade cocaine worth PHP5 million off the sea waters near Calaguas Island in Vinzons town in Camarines Norte early morning over the weekend. Report reaching Camp Gen. Simeon Ola here showed that Noel Feraman Solver,50 years old, a… Read More

2 drug suspects killed in Bulacan buy-bust ops

2 drug suspects killed in Bulacan buy-bust ops

April 23, 2018, 8:05 pm

CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan -- Two drug suspects were killed while two of their cohorts were able to elude arrest in buy-bust operations in this city Monday afternoon. Supt. Heryl Bruno, police chief of this city, identified the fatalities as Mervin Gacad and Valentin Villego alias Jabar, both… Read More

Lanao Norte town execs surrender 23 high-powered guns

Lanao Norte town execs surrender 23 high-powered guns

April 23, 2018, 7:46 pm

Officials of the 2nd Mechanized Brigade and Pantao-Ragat, Lanao del Norte, make a "Duterte fist" as they pose for a posterity photo after the hand-over of 23 high-powered loose firearms on Saturday. (Photo courtesy: 1st Infantry Division PIO)LABANGAN, Zamboanga del Sur -- Officials of Pantao-Ragat… Read More

Compostela Valley guv condemns barangay exec's slay

Compostela Valley guv condemns barangay exec's slay

April 23, 2018, 7:39 pm

DAVAO CITY -- Compostela Valley Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy condemned the killing of Barangay Captain Danilo N. Daanton of Banlag, Monkayo who was shot dead on Saturday afternoon. “We condemn this brutal act as the taking of human life whether as a form of aggression or vengeance can never be… Read More

Naic dad clarifies issues on infra projects

Naic dad clarifies issues on infra projects

April 23, 2018, 7:26 pm

NAIC, Cavite – Naic Mayor Junio C. Dualan doused speculations and issues raised by some quarters who have complained of alleged delay or inaction on the town’s various infrastructure projects. In an open letter to constituents posted through his Facebook account, Dualan explained the delay on… Read More

Calabarzon LTO, HPG personnel take refresher course on traffic rules

Calabarzon LTO, HPG personnel take refresher course on traffic rules

April 23, 2018, 7:24 pm

CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City -- Combined teams from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the police Highway Patrol Group (HPG), both based in the Calabarzon provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, undertook a refresher course and review on existing traffic code and… Read More

Bailiwicks of slain Leyte mayor Espinosa tagged as poll hotspots

Bailiwicks of slain Leyte mayor Espinosa tagged as poll hotspots

April 23, 2018, 7:12 pm

ALBUERA, Leyte -- At least five villages in this town have been identified by the Philippine National Police (PNP) as election hotspot areas for this May 14 village and youth council polls. Senior Insp. Ronald Espina, Albuera town chief of police, said these hotspot areas are Tinag-an, Balugo,… Read More

Cavite state U to host 2nd Int’l Research Confab in June

Cavite state U to host 2nd Int’l Research Confab in June

April 23, 2018, 6:46 pm

INDANG, Cavite – The Cavite State University (CvSU), in partnership with Philippine Criminal Justice Research Society, Inc. (PCJRS), and Center for Human Rights, Chinese University of Hongkong, will hold the 2nd International Research Conference at the S.M. Rolle Hall in this state university… Read More

EDC, partners plant endangered endemic species on Earth Day

EDC, partners plant endangered endemic species on Earth Day

April 23, 2018, 6:42 pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- Geothermal energy leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) celebrated Earth Day this weekend by planting about 100 premium endangered native trees in the Cuernos de Negros, where the so-called last remaining forest of Negros Oriental is located. “The (EDC)… Read More

Close to 1K bets for barangay, SK posts file COCs in Dumaguete City

Close to 1K bets for barangay, SK posts file COCs in Dumaguete City

April 23, 2018, 6:37 pm

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here on Monday announced that a total of 978 aspirants have filed their certificates of candidacies (COCs) for various positions in the upcoming synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on May 14. Of the… Read More

San Pedro City’s newest barangay to elect first set of officials

San Pedro City’s newest barangay to elect first set of officials

April 23, 2018, 6:16 pm

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – The newly created Barangay Maharlika in this city will elect their first-ever Chairperson and other officials in the May 14 synchronized Barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan Elections. Barangay Maharlika was created as separate and distinct barangay from its mother unit as… Read More

Calamba City’s 'Buhayani Festival 2018' launched in tribute to heroes

Calamba City’s 'Buhayani Festival 2018' launched in tribute to heroes

April 23, 2018, 5:17 pm

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Calamba City launched its “Buhayani Festival 2018” season in time for its 17th cityhood anniversary celebration on Saturday. The celebration was also inline with the city's a bid to mark the National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s birthplace as home of the fallen heroes and… Read More

25 ex-rebels undergo ‘hands-on’ livelihood training in Zamboanga

25 ex-rebels undergo ‘hands-on’ livelihood training in Zamboanga

April 23, 2018, 5:09 pm

Former NPA rebels take time out from training to pose for posterity photo with Zamboanga Sibugay Gov. Wilter Yap Palma (in blue stripes shirt). The former rebels are undergoing a three-week "hands-on" livelihood skills training at the Sibugay Provincial Training Center in Ipil town. (Photo… Read More

DA extends P4-M aid to farmers in Davao City

DA extends P4-M aid to farmers in Davao City

April 23, 2018, 5:04 pm

DAVAO CITY—The Department of Agriculture on Monday turned over to the city government a check amounting to PHP4 million as assistance to the fisheries and the livestock sector under the national government’s Payapa and Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program. The check was received by City… Read More